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Peer reviewedBarker, Bruce O.; Patrick, Kenneth R. – Research in Rural Education, 1989
Compares teacher effectiveness of one-way video, two-way audio satellite telecommunications education offerings with traditional classroom, teacher-led offerings. Concludes quality instruction can occur via interactive satellite teaching. Notes the medium makes it difficult for teachers to determine student responses and easier for students to…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Educational Television, Interactive Video
Parkinson, Clayton F.; Parkinson, Sharon B. – Nursing and Health Care, 1989
Reports on the use of interactive television as a medium of education for nursing students. Compares this method to traditional teacher lecture method. Found that although students may prefer the human interaction, the learning results may be equivalent when the alternative medium is used. (Author)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, Independent Study, Interactive Video
Download full textSnyder, Carolyn A., Comp.; And Others – 1996
The Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) surveyed 119 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to gather information about current distance education and distance learning initiatives in ARL libraries. The objectives of the survey were to: (1) identify libraries involved in distance education activities and determine the extent or…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cable Television, Distance Education, Interactive Television
Barker, Bruce O. – 1989
The Office of Technology Assessment authorized a series of case studies in 1989 to investigate how technologies, services, and programs are implemented in distance education projects. The studies were also intended to look at the role of local, state, and federal agencies, and other public and private entities in providing educational services to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Wilson, Brenda – 1990
Students' initial perceptions of distance learning were assessed. The STAR SCHOOLS program, an initiative to promote the use of telecommunications in education and distance learning, funded the Alabama STAR SCHOOLS Program through the University of Alabama (Birmingham). Twelve satellite courses produced by Oklahoma State University were delivered…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Attitude Measures, College Bound Students, Course Evaluation
Peer reviewedSlaton, Deborah Bott; Lacefield, Warren E. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1991
A total of 155 educators in rural Kentucky participated in 4 inservice education sessions on learning disabilities and adaptive teaching, delivered via an interactive telecommunications network. Participants' reactions indicated that interactive television was an acceptable format for delivery of inservice education. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Brey, Ron – 1991
In December 1990, in an effort to identify the telecommunications and electronic technologies that will be used in the 1990s for distance learning programs at postsecondary institutions, questionnaires were sent to the chief executive officers of all two-year institutions nationwide, and to a random sample of 750 four-year baccalaureat…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
