Use of an Interactive Telecommunications Network to Deliver Inservice Education

Abstract

An interactive telecommunication network established by Kentucky Educational Television was used to deliver a series of four inservice education sessions on the topics of learning disabilities and adaptive teaching techniques. Participants included 155 educators from 19 school districts located in rural areas of Kentucky. Participants' reactions indicated that interactive television was an acceptable format for delivery of inservice education. Implications for design and delivery of distance learning inservice training are discussed.

Examining elementary preservice teachers’ perspectives concerning curriculum themes for video case integration

“…Studies also show satisfaction with the technical aspects of instruction using various forms of video cases (Hayes et al 2001;Slaton and Lacefield 1991). Video teaching episodes can make coursework more useful and comprehensible for students and improve teachers' problemsolving ability (Daniel 1996;Semrau and Fitzgerald 1995).…”