Distance Learning in Hawaii: Establishment and Evaluation of a Rural Teacher Inservice Training Program.

Autor/inn/en	Barker, Bruce O.; Burnett, Keith R.
Titel	Distance Learning in Hawaii: Establishment and Evaluation of a Rural Teacher Inservice Training Program.
Quelle	(1991), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Computer Assisted Instruction; Distance Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Interactive Video; Program Costs; Program Evaluation; Rural Areas; Teacher Attitudes; Telephone Communications Systems; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrerfortbildung; Interaktives Video; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Lehrerverhalten; Fernmeldewesen
Abstract	This report describes a pilot distance learning project between Konawaena High School on the Big Island of Hawaii and Brigham Young University-Hawaii on Oahu to begin offering college credit courses to inservice teachers. Ten teachers enrolled in the first class, "Variety in Teaching Methods." Audiographic teleteaching uses a personal computer based system which incorporates computer-generated graphics and text that function like an electronic chalkboard. Computers at host and receive sites are linked over regular telephone lines for two-way visual exchange of text and graphics. Course expenses were higher than expected largely due to the high rate for inter-island telephone toll charges. Nine of the ten teachers completed a questionnaire which posed questions related to the distance learning component of the course. Their responses indicate: (1) high satisfaction with the quality of the course and with the manner in which it was delivered; (2) preference was given to on-site professorial instruction over audiographic teleteaching, yet audiographics was viewed as a very valid and acceptable supplement; (3) an interest in receiving more college credit inservice courses; (4) a need for library materials to support classes; and (5) the computer screen was too small for teachers to easily view when receiving instruction via audiographics. (KS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC