Distance Education Findings for Army Applications

This report first reviews finding related to the medium of television in distance education. Next, overviews of distance education evaluation results, course design, and cost findings are presented. Then, distance education evaluation approaches are identified. These findings are followed by literature results related to individual andor psychological factors that can influence course success. Numerous specific actions to help improve distance education student performance and course completion are presented. Conclusions believed particularly relevant to the Army are then derived. Distance education, distributed training, video teletraining, instructional television, training extension, teleconferencing.