Addresses four questions concerning the use of instructional television (ITV): Is the use of ITV punishing to the user? Is a teacher rewarded for not using ITV? Does it make any difference to a teacher whether ITV is used? Are there obstacles that prevent a teacher from using ITV? (Author/IRT)

Print-based instructional materials have been more popular than any other medium for teaching practical skills during the delivery of technical and vocational education and training via distance learning. However, the approach has its shortcomings and in recent times alternatives have been sought. The comparative instructional effectiveness of one…

Educators are aware from their own experience, as part of the audience if not a lecturer, that being talked at for 50 minutes is not the most captivating form of communication. A change of dynamic, preferably involving an element of topicality, can make a significant contribution to engagement. This article discusses how teachers can use short…

A discussion of what the new law now in Congress could mean to educational television users. (Author)

A description of how to work within existing space, be flexible, and plan ahead for a television studio. (Author/HB)

Instructions on how to help teachers put together good, instructive television lessons. (Author/HB)

A case study of ITV in Malaysian secondary schools. (Author)

Methods of pretesting viewer involvement with ITV program contents are briefly reviewed in terms of their precision, immediacy, unobtrusiveness, and relationship to learning. (Author)

A discussion of the role instructional television can play in nonformal, or affective education, in developing nations. (HB)

Article described an informative 15-program television series about man's impact on the environment and the impact of the environment on man presented on New Jersey's Public Television. (Editor/RK)

A teacher's experience with educational television in Lincolnshire, England, is described. (HB)

Comments on the first two years of the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) program reforms. (Author/HB)

Available from: National Institute of Adult Education (England and Wales), 35 Queen Anne St., London W1M OBL England. (BP)

A discussion of the organization and activities at KOCE-TV, Channel 50 in Huntington Beach, California. (HB)

This paper outlines a sample format for a fast-moving, enjoyable, half-hour television show designed to introduce infants to the academic areas of self-awareness, colors, letters, numbers, shapes, and reading. As envisioned, the program will also include music, information aiding parents in developing their infant's gross and fine motor abilities,…