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Download full textEgly, Max – 1972
An overview based upon papers presented and discussions held at the seminar is presented. The major focus is upon the theme "Auto-Video", emphasizing the assumption by the public of responsibility for its own training, education and culture. The aims are to study the pedagogical and socio-cultural aspects of video technologies and to…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Culture, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Watkins, Beverly T. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
A Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) undergraduate honors course in the physics of technology, taught in a special advanced electronic classroom, uses a computer data-management program to create a "stack" of index cards, from which students can answer their own or others' questions about technology. Students learn both physics and clear…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Experimental Programs, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC. – 1975
The Applications Technology Satellite-6 (ATS-6) pilot study being conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) includes 20 experiments in the use of satellites for educational delivery systems in rural areas and for scientific and technological information dissemination. Initial usage of the system has been in North…
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
Bossert, William H.; Oettinger, Anthony G. – 1973
A description is provided of an attempt at Harvard University to integrate course content with technology and the institutional setting. The course, "Communication in Societies," was aimed at non-science majors and explored the science and technology of communication and their effects on social organization. The objective was to impart…
Descriptors: Alienation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Educational Technology
National Center for Educational Communication (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Practice Improvement. – 1971
This document explicates what is involved in educational performance contracting. Four basic types of contracts can be used to procure goods and services: fixed and performance contracts for resources and fixed and performance contracts for results. The basic considerations in choice of type are risk, relative technologies, management skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Education, Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
Gaven, Patricia; Williams, R. David – 1972
ATS-F will be used by the Alaskan library community to develop a knowledge base for the library function of information delivery utilizing satellite technology. The experiment comprises three segments: (1) a weekly 15-minute participatory audio-video unit aimed at school children; (2) a weekly half-hour audio-video unit aimed at a variety of adult…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Budgets, Communications, Communications Satellites
