This paper describes the development, production, and delivery of a live, interactive telecourse in effective study techniques that is targeted toward individuals contemplating returning to formal education after a prolonged absence. The course, which deals with such topics as hearing and listening, reading, remembering, notetaking, and mind mapping and the Buzan Organic Study Method, consists of 13 episodes, each of which includes an introduction, recap of the previous episode, statement of objectives, phone-in segment, and wrap-up. After a discussion of how the course came to be developed, a synopsis of the course's 13 episodes is provided. Examined next are the various procedures involved in the following phases of developing a live, interactive telecourse: research and conceptualization, development of a format, script preparation, live studio presentation, and evaluation. Data concerning the gender and age breakdowns of those individuals who were enrolled in the course between September 1985 and April 1986 are presented together with the results of evaluations returned by 41 of the 352 students who took the course. The paper concludes with recommendations for dealing with budgetary and time constraints when developing a telecourse. Appendixes to the paper include blank script forms, scripts from the first two segments of the course, and a copy of the student evaluation questionnaire along with responses to it. (MN)