Document Type
Section VIII Article
Abstract
Students today and in the future will enter a complex world of rapid change and high technology. As a result, our schools must change to meet the needs of students. Modern technology has provided students numerous advantages which were not available to their grandparents. This is certainly true regarding education.
"Distance learning" has become the latest buzz word in education journals and at conferences. The interactive television instructional network is a part of that distance learning concept; and, it is definitely different from the types of learning that took place over television in the fifties and sixties. Today's television classrooms are primarily two types - satellite systems and instructional television fixed service (ITFS) systems.
The interactive television instructional system provides the needed link to assist local schools in providing substantial educational opportunities to students. Small schools could remedy four major problems through the use of the system. The first is the new standards. A second concern is the declining enrollment. Third is the teacher shortage in the foreign language fields and upper level subject area courses. The fourth concern is the geographical distances between schools.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
149
Last Page
152
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1990 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Wede, Richard
(1990)
"Section VIII: Technology and Its Implications for Iowa Rural Education [Wede],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 55.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/55
