INTERACTIVE TELEVISION: CONTINUING EDUCATION PARTICIPANT SATISFACTION.
Contributors: University of Missouri--Columbia.
Published: 1994
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Vocational.; Education, Adult and Continuing.; Education, Technology.
Description: Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate participants' perceived learning and satisfaction with the interactive television (ITV) classroom, the workshop, and the instructor, whether it was the originating site or the remote sites. The participants addressed perceived learning and satisfaction as it related to the verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors of the instructor in the ITV classroom. The variables, age, experience, license, grade (educational level), and reason for attending the workshop were also examined.

Procedure. The sample consisted of 97 rural, health care providers who attended one of two continuing education programs on Infection Control Update offered by the Missouri League for Nursing. The participants were asked to respond to the Interactive Television Participant Questionnaire (ITPQ) which addressed perceived learning and satisfaction with the ITV classroom, workshop, and instructor. The questionnaire also addressed the verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors of the instructor as a measure of satisfaction. A reliability estimate of.92 was calculated for each of the verbal and nonverbal immediacy behavior items. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedures were used to compare participants at the originating site and remote sites. Alpha was set at the.05 level of significance.

Findings. Null hypotheses one and two related to verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors were rejected (.05 alpha level), F = (1, 95) 4.35, p =.04 and F = (1, 95) 4.40, p =.04 respectively. Null hypotheses three, four, five, and six related to learning and satisfaction with ITV classroom, workshop, and instructor were not rejected (.05 alpha level); F = (1, 93) 0.54, p =.46, F = (1, 92) 0.20, p =.66, F = 1, 95) 0.73, p =.39, and F = (1, 94) 1.43, p =.23 respectively.

Conclusions. Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions were drawn. (a) The participants at the originating site perceive more instructor verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors than participants at the remote sites. (b) The participants at both the originating and the remote sites perceive positive and similar learning outcomes. (c) The participants at the originating and the remote sites have positive perceptions about the ITV classroom, workshop, and instructor.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-12, Section: B, page: 5286.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA, 1994.

School code: 0133.