Distance education is a multidimensional mediated communication exchange involving learning, teaching, technology, content, materials, and distance. Video-based distance education systems use television as the medium for the communication exchange. Each medium has its own inherent function. No one technology is best for all situations and applications.
Different technologies have different capabilities and limitations, advantages and constraints.
However, little is scientifically known about the effects of distance education on students. Most research has been practical, of an anecdotal or incidental nature, rather than scientific. There are many quantitative studies that focus on outcome assessments or performance evaluations like exam scores, but few that examine and attempt to understand the attitudes of students toward distance education environments. This thesis examined the questions. The attitudes and perceptions of both groups of students toward a television-mediated class environment are generally positive.