It still seems, however, that the successful TV presenters are the ones who have a good professional reputation, pleasing personalities, good appearance, effective teaching styles, and are willing to adapt classroom style to TV presentation. Furthermore, the successful ones do in-depth content preparation targeted to specific client needs. The questions the administrative officers need to answer are whether the newcomers are attracted by the thrill of new technology, the depth of the information available, the access to campus specialists, or other factors yet unstated. Fees are charged to the clients to cover the cost of printed materials, program production, and administrative expenses. Nevertheless, the added preparation time required by the specialists and the production staff results in a program which, while it may not cost less in the final analysis, is often a more information-bearing and effective program.
Specialists tend to prepare more carefully to make best use of the medium.
A wish-list of programs requested by agents and clients is being reviewed for possible production and transmission on an already very busy network. As Cooperative Extension Service programs via television gain more acceptance and new clients are attracted through increased specialization in programming, a parallel increase in the number of receiving locations throughout the state is expected. It's the aim of Indiana CES to have a viewing site in each of the 92 counties. And their visions don't end here. Before long, viewers may be able to remain at their own homes, enroll for a course by computer, and use the family or business telephone to call in questions and interact with the other students.