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ERIC Number: EJ389337
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Communications Satellites: A Rural Response to the Tyranny of Distance.
Jordahl, Gregory
Educational Technology, v29 n2 p34-38 Feb 1989
Provides an overview of several current satellites-based instructional systems and assesses their potential role in rural education. Highlights include the Oklahoma Arts and Sciences Teleconferencing Service (ASTS); the Texas Interactive Instructional Network (TI-IN); Washington's Satellite Telecommunications Educational Programming (STEP); Missouri's Education Satellite Network (ESN); and Kentucky Educational Television (KET). (25 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Federal Aid, Instructional Systems, Rural Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Arts and Science Public Sch Teleconfer Network OK; Star Schools