Interactive Broadcast Television in Australia

Abstract

Interactive television is being used increasingly as a delivery format for distance education and open learning courses. In most applications, the delivery is to a closed audience within the framework of formal programmes of study. This paper reports on programmes in Western Australia where interactive educational television is being used in broadcast modes. The paper discusses the impact of the ensuing interactivity on the quality of the broadcast programmes from an instructional perspective.

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Ron Oliver

Associate Professor MIKE GRANT is Head of the Media Services Division at Edith Cowan University. He has extensive experience in educational media including experience in producing and broadcasting educational television. Dr RON OLIVER is the Director of Interactive Technologies Research Project at Edith Cowan University. He is an active researcher in the field of instructional technologies.