Interactive Distance Learning Technologies for Rural and Small Schools: A Resource Guide. ERIC Mini-Review.

Autor/in	Barker, Bruce O.
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM.
Titel	Interactive Distance Learning Technologies for Rural and Small Schools: A Resource Guide. ERIC Mini-Review.
Quelle	(1987), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Nachschlagewerk; Access to Education; Audiovisual Communications; Communications Satellites; Delivery Systems; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Educational Television; Elementary Secondary Education; Financial Support; Information Sources; Instructional Systems; Multimedia Instruction; Networks; Nontraditional Education; Program Costs; Rural Schools; Small Schools; State School District Relationship; Telecommunications; Telecourses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Auslieferung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsfernsehen; Schulfernsehen; Finanzielle Förderung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Unterrichtsorganisation; Multimediales Lernen; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Staatliches Schulamt; Telekommunikationstechnik; Fernsehkurs
Abstract	In remote and isolated schools where a certified teacher is not always available, or in small schools where limited student enrollments make hiring teachers for low incident courses cost-prohibitive, instruction via distance may be the "next best thing to being there." Several approaches are available: (1) satellite transmissions--the TI-IN Network in Texas, Oklahoma State University's Arts and Sciences Teleconferencing Service, Eastern Washington University's Satellite Telecommunications Educational Programming Network (STEP), and the SciStar Satellite series from the Talcott Mountain Science Center in Avon, Connecticut, are cited as examples; (2) two-way interactive television; (3) Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS); (4) audio-graphic teleconferencing; and (5) multi-media equipped buses for in-transit studying. Interested school administrators should consider initial equipment costs, annual subscription or programming fees, and maintenance/warranty contracts, and should contact others who have had success with distance learning, as well as their own state office of education. State-sponsored educational telecommunications networks are in operation or are being developed in Alaska, Kentucky, and Missouri. While this method of instructional delivery is not a rationale for replacing teachers, it is expected to increase in terms of use and acceptance. Twenty-two program addresses--with telephone numbers--are appended. (JMM)
Anmerkungen	ERIC/CRESS, New Mexico State University, Department 3AP, Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC