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ERIC Number: EJ575651
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
A Stable of "Superstar Teachers" Performs Before the Camera.
Magner, Denise K.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n11 pA16-A17 Nov 6 1998
A commercial enterprise, the Teaching Company, is recruiting gifted college teachers to record courses on video and audio tape, to be marketed nationally in an adult education series. While some colleagues dismiss such ventures, participating faculty feel the company is helping their disciplines. Some of the company's competitors hire actors rather than teachers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Nontraditional Education, Proprietary Schools, Videotape Recordings
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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