The Department of Industrial Technology Education (ITE) at Indiana State University offers approximately 20 courses per semester, split equally between undergraduate and graduate courses. Although all classes are offered on campus, almost half of the ITE courses are also taught using these three alternative simultaneous delivery methods: (1) for…

Discusses the impending shortage of teachers in trade and industrial education and suggests a distance education approach to teacher preparation. Provides an overview of distance education; discusses methods, advantages, disadvantages, and issues; and offers implications for trade and industrial teacher education. (Contains 30 references.) (JOW)

A mail and e-mail questionnaire received 60 responses from 76 trade and industrial teacher education majors using distance learning. They reported difficulty scheduling general education courses; technical support and library access were limited. Isolation from advisors, job conflicts, and family constraints were concerns. Fewer technical and…