Abstract:

Distance education is being utilized more often by colleges of agriculture to meet the educational needs of a more diverse clientele. The College of Agriculture at lowa State University utilizes a variety of communications media to deliver distance education programming, but relies most heavily on videotapes. In this article, the authors synthesize research related to effective teaching through one-way instructional television, and test two hypotheses derived from this research. The instructional manipulation is described, and its influence on achievement across four cognitive levels in addition to learner satisfaction are tested.

 

Keywords:

alternative strategy, distance education

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