For more than 20 years, distance education has provided an option for prospective special education teachers to achieve licensure and a graduate degree. The program began as a two-way interactive television endeavor located at area community college sites. Over time, the program evolved to include online coursework with synchronous class meetings.…

This qualitative study explored the quality of technology associated with interactive video (ITV) classes in distance education programs and the resulting satisfaction of the instructors teaching this format. The participants were full time instructors of a rural community college that used the ITV format. Community college ITV instructors are…

This report focuses on distance education within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) for the 2009-10 academic year and provides documentation of the substantial growth of distance education within all colleges and universities. From this report, one gains an understanding of significant developments throughout the state and at each…

Describes an interactive electronics training system, created by the College of San Mateo in cooperation with the Wisconsin Foundation for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education which teaches the following courses: DC Electronics, Semiconductor Devices, and Digital Electronics. Other examples of interactive video are cited. (CT)

The Florida Teletraining Project tested the feasibility of using community colleges for training military personnel in the Reserve Components. Five interactive video courses were produced, delivered, and evaluated. The project demonstrated the potential of two-way video teletraining for military personnel. (AEF)

In 1986, Columbia State Community College (CSCC) initiated the Center of Emphasis to develop interactive video and computer-assisted instruction programs for students. This charge included stimulating faculty interest in developing such programs and providing technical assistance in their production. Initially, center staff contacted faculty…

This paper begins by summarizing basic assumptions about effective teaching and learning, noting that these assumptions apply to all teaching, regardless of the delivery mode and/or technology used. Instructional design principles are then discussed in terms of the planning, preparation, and organization of interactive video-based teaching…

Explains how videodiscs operate and why they should be an integral part of the training community colleges provide. Describes the technology of videodiscs as superior to videotapes because of durability and random access capabilities. Discusses model instructional approaches, and reviews an educational interactive videodisc system. (PAA)

Describes a study of 15 faculty and 81 students regarding their attitudes toward the use of interactive videodisc technology, highlighting faculty perceptions of the technology, level of student interest in instructional strategies, and reaction to humanities applications. Indicates that faculty responded well to the technology and students highly…

Discussion of interactive compressed video (ICV) focuses on human reactions and interactions and the implications for teaching and learning styles. The use of ICV at the University of Kentucky to link community colleges for distance learning is highlighted. (SLW)

Describes a linear, self-paced approach that uses interactive video to teach introductory science courses to community college nonscience majors. The discussion covers learning modules, materials, hardware, software, teacher role, advantages, disadvantages, results, cost effectiveness, and equipment costs. Sources for videodiscs and software are…

Describes the Televised Interactive Education System, linking three community colleges in the Eastern Iowa Community College District. Considers the ways in which this point-to-point microwave system facilitates the active involvement of students in the learning process through two-way audio and video interactivity. (PAA)

Describes a study examining the effects of distance, motivation, satisfaction with course content, and satisfaction with an interactive television (ITV) system on student evaluation of community college courses. Indicates that satisfaction with the course and ITV system had the greatest effect on course evaluation, rather than distance or…

Due to a rapidly increasing demand for bibliographic instruction, Southwestern College in San Ysidro, California, devised an interactive English-Spanish multimedia library skills program using Macintosh and Kodak PhotoCD technologies. First, a PhotoCD containing 100 photos of library services was produced. Then, an interactive Macintosh program…

Responding to the rapid development and often prohibitive costs of new classroom instruction technology, a group of interested faculty at Harford Community College (HCC), in Maryland, formed three Interactive Video (IV) Teams to explore the possibilities of using existing computer hardware and software at the college for interactive video…