The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) continued to grow in fiscal year 1971, its third year of operation. Fourteen new public television stations began broadcasting, bringing 7.9 million more persons within receiving range, and bringing the total number of TV stations to 207. Income increased 18 per cent to $14 million due largely to more…

The technology of communications and data processing that has had a profound impact on American Society generally in recent decades promises to have powerful influences on higher education as well. What these influences may be and what steps should be taken to assure that the benefits of instructional technology will be realized in an orderly and…

This is a report of activities on an adult education television program, conducted by San Diego Community Colleges, in cooperation with TV Channel KFMB in San Diego, California, during the school year, October, 1970 through June, 1971. The report begins with a history of the program, begun in 1951, and which has presented 174 courses since then.…

In an attempt to determine a relatively standardized formula for evaluating children's television programs, a concept of flexible and varied means of exploring the characteristics of children's responses to particular programs and styles of programs according to the kinds of questions that each program raises was developed. The ways in which the…

The four sub-problems of this dissertation were 1) to determine the present administrative goals and patterns of existing diocesan television centers; 2) to identify specific areas where a coordinated administrative design could facilitate television operations; 3) to determine the nature and function of an agency that could support and coordinate…

TV College of Chicago utilized the British Broadcasting Company's series, "Ascent of Man," as the core of a televised college credit course. Student evaluations of the course, total enrollment, and course completion data were used to compare the educational differences between the British series and typical TV College productions which…

"Feeling Good", CTW's adult health series, went from the drawing board to the screen--back to the drawing board and on the air again. The story behind one of television's more ambitious experiments is presented. (Author/HB)

Instruction by interactive television causes the watcher or learner to do something during the lesson, whether mentally or physically, whether during the action or by a start-and-stop technique. (SF)

The Council for Area Planning of Educational Services (CAPES) was formed as a consortium of formal and informal educational institutions in the Fox Valley area of north central Illinois to promote the sharing of educational programs and pooling of resources in the use of ITV. (Author)

This article discusses ways in which ITV assists in the implementation of career education in elementary schools by providing programs for student viewing. (Author)

A look at the accumulation of generalizations about evaluation of instructional television and what information can be expected from those evaluations currently being carried out. (HB)

A discussion of how video and television technology has advanced and is being used in the schools. (HB)

A study of the development of educational technology in Egyptian schools and universities identified the heavy demand media make on teachers' time as a major problem, followed by overcrowded curricula, then examinations, the negative attitude of teachers towards media, and finally the inadequate preparation of teachers. (Author/JEG)

This teacher's view on the Thames television conference discusses seminars and workshops on such themes as improving educational television, whether television is peripheral, the future of television, Sesame Street, semiotics, and television teaching vs teaching about television. (JEG)

Major developments in video technology, the benefits and limitations of these developments, and the application of video formats are discussed. A comparative chart details characteristics of media and indicates the instructional capabilities of various video formats, film, and instructional television in relation to each characteristic. (RAO)