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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION IN PUBLIC HIGHER LEARNING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA

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1973
Summary:
This study addressed itself to an historical analysis of the development of instructional television in higher education in the State of Florida. In summarizing the major points of this historical study, these results stand out clearly: (1) ITV has almost exclusively been used as an audiovisual tool, instead of being recognized and used as a medium of instruction with unique properties. (2) The use of lTV as an exact duplicate of the classroom, while feasible in times of high enrollment pressures and teacher shortages, contributes to a continued static misinterpretation of the medium. (3) All sources mention the need for a philosophical inquiry into the nature and use of the medium, but most have confined themselves to analyses concerned with the technological resources of the medium as it is presently used. A philosophy for instructional television has been suggested, and centers around the concept of process. Television as no other medium is amenable to illuminating processes and suggesting connections without forcing anyone to make a particular connection - or conversely without forcing the learner into immediate opposition to a particular connection. Suggestions for the expanded and innovative uses of instructional television have been included. (4) lTV has been most successful in subject areas requiring demonstrations of techniques or laboratory demonstrations. There was no evidence that film could not do the same job, and less expensively. (5) Faculty acceptance, while generally favorable toward lTV, diminished as lTV became a reality. (6) Considerably more work in the area of learning results of lTV needs to be undertaken despite extensive research comparing the traditional classroom with essentially the same televised presentation. Finally, specific recommendations have been offered with respect to the uses of lTV in Florida public higher education.
Title: AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION IN PUBLIC HIGHER LEARNING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
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Name(s): MUSCATELL, TONI GAIL PANTALEO.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1973
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 260 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study addressed itself to an historical analysis of the development of instructional television in higher education in the State of Florida. In summarizing the major points of this historical study, these results stand out clearly: (1) ITV has almost exclusively been used as an audiovisual tool, instead of being recognized and used as a medium of instruction with unique properties. (2) The use of lTV as an exact duplicate of the classroom, while feasible in times of high enrollment pressures and teacher shortages, contributes to a continued static misinterpretation of the medium. (3) All sources mention the need for a philosophical inquiry into the nature and use of the medium, but most have confined themselves to analyses concerned with the technological resources of the medium as it is presently used. A philosophy for instructional television has been suggested, and centers around the concept of process. Television as no other medium is amenable to illuminating processes and suggesting connections without forcing anyone to make a particular connection - or conversely without forcing the learner into immediate opposition to a particular connection. Suggestions for the expanded and innovative uses of instructional television have been included. (4) lTV has been most successful in subject areas requiring demonstrations of techniques or laboratory demonstrations. There was no evidence that film could not do the same job, and less expensively. (5) Faculty acceptance, while generally favorable toward lTV, diminished as lTV became a reality. (6) Considerably more work in the area of learning results of lTV needs to be undertaken despite extensive research comparing the traditional classroom with essentially the same televised presentation. Finally, specific recommendations have been offered with respect to the uses of lTV in Florida public higher education.
Identifier: 11628 (digitool), FADT11628 (IID), fau:8566 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.
College of Education
Subject(s): Television in higher education--Florida
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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