Abstract
At a rural southeast university of the USA, a study examined the effectiveness of interactive television (ITV) as a method of instructional delivery for a teacher preparation course in special education. A total of 22 teacher candidates who were enrolled in this class responded to a Likert type questionnaire that had 31 questions. The questionnaire was developed after a thorough review of literature on issues and topics surrounding interactive television instruction. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was calculated with Cronbach Alpha and it is α=.82. Major findings of the study indicate that 54.5% of teacher candidates strongly agree or agree that interactive TV created unnecessary distractions during class; and 69% of the candidates report that they would prefer to take a traditional face-to-face class. Approximately 32% of the students report that interactive TV experience was satisfactory for them. The findings of this research endeavor have limited generalizability because of a number of limitations. The sample was small and of convenience. There may also be untapped researcher bias. The study is limited to one instructor, who was also the researcher. In order to fully determine the effectiveness of distance learning through ITV, additional research is needed.
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