The course is then packaged with accompanying written materials and sent to individual learning centers across the state. The videos are also aired on public access stations. Currently two stand alone courses have been developed. By the end of the year, seven will be available. A unit on China, for example, contains tea and chopsticks along with instructions for using them.
Interactive television is wonderful.
Students like it. Once it's done, it extends much further as a basis for developing a new curriculum. The interactive television system also provides training and professional development opportunities to adult basic education instructors across the state. Instructors are given opportunities to learn new materials and presentation techniques. A twelve-hour course on teaching individuals with learning disabilities is currently being developed for instructors.