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SATELLITES IN EDUCATION (general) and in the USA (specifics) Greetings....I have just finished reading a 'flyer' that crossed my desk that claimed, among other things that in the USA:- . 137 satellite networks delivering every conceivable course by 'live interactive talk back TV', University, post secondary, secondary and primary and general and special interest courses . one network alone has 30 million school pupils and 74,000 teachers enrolled. . by December 1993 _every_ school in the USA will have some part of its curriculum delivered by satellite. QUESTIONS for the masses on the Net. Are these claims true? Have any of you any idea of the cost per hour to deliver education (in any country), including the use of telephones (where applicable) and including allowances for maintenance, overheads (on-going running costs) and so and so forth? Have any users of these facilities done any recent research into the desirability or necessity of inter-activity in 'distance education? Have any educators out there done any estimates of the additional time taken to prepare effectively for satellite education as compared to 'normal face-to-face' delivery? If so what have you you found? Have presenters found effective ways to compensate for the lack of feedback that the medium entails especially in regards to body language? Are recipients still reluctant to contribute to the session? On a different tack ... have any of you using satellites in education used computer software as a part of the teaching/learning process in such a way that the computer screen is what the students are watching? For arguments sake, lets suppose that you had developed a computer based training package (perhaps using CD-Roms etc) under the authoring package ' Authorware Professional' (NB: I use this only as an example) You show the computer screen during the presentation. Do you have to get permission re copyright to do this, or is it the case that the software developer sees it as free advertising for the product and encourages the use in this fashion?? Now, on the track of some people who have worked in this area I am trying to find email addresses for Mr Geoff Potter PhD and Ms Margaret Haughey PhD. Both were located at the Uni of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1983. I will be most appreciative of any and all help with the above questions Feel free to respond to me personally at the email address below, or to send to the list. I have sent this request to Media-L, Edtech and DEOS so I apologise to those of you who are 'hit' more than once. Thanks for reading this far. Yours in thinking....... Tony Dean, University of Wollongong, Australia. 15.May 92. Email address:- t.dean@uow.edu.au ?
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