Technological Innovations Impacting Instruction in Rural and Small Schools.

Autor/in	Barker, Bruce O.
Titel	Technological Innovations Impacting Instruction in Rural and Small Schools.
Quelle	(1986), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Computer Networks; Computer Uses in Education; Curriculum Enrichment; Distance Education; Educational Television; Elementary Secondary Education; Microcomputers; Rural Education; Rural Schools; Small Schools; Teleconferencing; Telecourses; Videotape Recordings + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computernetz; Computernetze; Kommunikationsnetz; Computernutzung; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsfernsehen; Schulfernsehen; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Telekonferenz; Fernsehkurs
Abstract	Small and rural schools can use the new technologies of distance education to broaden curricular offerings while facing low student enrollments and increased costs. Courses offered via audio teleconferencing permit live teacher/student interaction and often use videotape as well as two-way audio components. Programs from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Eastern Montana State University, and the University of Wyoming are examples of audio teleconferencing. Microcomputer linking via regular telephone lines coupled with an audio bridge over separate lines allows a computer terminal to function as an electronic chalkboard between instructor and student and provides audio interaction as well. The Mansfield Pennsylvania-Utah Teleteaching Project and the Delaware-Chenango Schools network are examples of this technology. Interactive television via satellite is one of the fastest growing distance learning technologies, offering one-way video and two-way audio. Current programs include German by Satellite and Physics by Satellite from Oklahoma State University, TI-IN Network in Texas, Utah's Accelerated Learning of Spanish via Satellite Television Project, and the Telecommunications Project at Eastern Washington University. Administrators should consider local needs and budgets, seek staff and community support before purchasing distance education systems, and provide for equipment maintenance. Addresses are given of programs described in the text. (LFL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC