The purpose of this work is to examine using interactive videoconferencing (IVC) to provide preservice teachers with a model of exemplary reading instruction to transfer their learning and implement effective reading instruction. The program was facilitated by university professors and carried out though frequent interactions between preservice…

This study was conducted to determine if there were differences in strengths and weaknesses of an educational interactive video program perceived by high school students and their parents over a 4-year time span. Parent and student responses to open-ended questions concerning strengths and weaknesses of the interactive distance learning program…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in evaluation of an educational interactive video program between high school students and their parents over a 4-year time span. High school students participating in the interactive video program were surveyed during 5 semesters. Survey instruments were also sent to parents via…

This report profiles the development, implementation, and evaluation of an interactive videodisc-based (IVD) program, Physical Sciences: Discovery through Interactive Technology. Developed by the Texas Learning Technology Group (TLTG), the program is a comprehensive, 160-hour, two-semester curriculum for secondary school students that integrates…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Utah Education Network, a closed circuit television delivery system used by the University of Utah in providing preservice education in rural regions. The audience of the system was graduate special education students. Interactive telecourses, video recordings, and instructors were involved. Two groups…

For decades Colorado, USA, has had a shortage of school psychologists, especially in rural areas. The program "Giving Rural Areas Access to School Psychologist" (GRAASP) was developed to meet this need by offering a technology based distance education program that trained candidates from remote sites across the state. Through the use of…

This paper evaluates the use of interactive video for teaching graduate-level deaf education courses. Graduate students in teacher education, including 10 urban and 3 rural students, were enrolled in 2 different off-campus courses taught from the University of Kansas. Students in both classes responded to a survey near the end of the course and to…

The American Institute for Learning (AIL) has developed two interactive multimedia drug-awareness programs for secondary students who have used substances experimentally or are being challenged by others to experiment with drugs. The first, "Addiction and Its Processes," is an awareness program with video and computer capabilities and an…

A program for infusing technology into the high school curriculum was initiated with grant funds at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in 1993-94. The first year of the program focused on establishing an Interactive Technology Lab, assessing teachers' readiness for the integration of technology into the curriculum and the effects of this…