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Distance
Education Technologies
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Video-Mediated Distance Education (continued)
States have
developed advanced fiber optic telecommunications networks to link educational
sites across their states. Satellite TV and fiber optic systems provide
coursework through fully interactive audio-video networks and satellite
systems.
Classes are taught "live" at one site and simultaneously broadcast
to students at other sites. These video networks make it possible for
college classes to be delivered to sparsely populated areas that otherwise
might not have enough students at any one locations.
The Public
Broadcasting System (PBS)
began offering telecourses to deliver education programs to colleges and
universities in 1981. Telecourses
are fully accredited, video-based courses delivered via public television
stations.
Telecourses are complete and integrated instructional systems that generally
include the television program, a textbook, study guide, faculty manual,
and other instructional materials. Telecourses are still used today and
are especially popular in community college systems.
Computer-Mediated
Distance Education
Web-based delivery is becoming an increasingly popular technology used
to deliver distance education courses. E-mail, CD-ROMs, listservs, discussion
boards, and web sites are popular online components used in distance education
courses today.
© Copyright 2003 by Kathy Keairns