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Distance Education: Promises and Cautions for Special Education

In this paper we present an overview of selected distance education technologies and a discussion of the potential benefits and abuses for special education of interactive television (I7-V) distance education. The technologies we describe include microcomputer systesrc,s, satellite transmission, and telephone lines as media transmitters. A discussion of the usefulness of ITV systems within special education focuses on direct services to students with special needs and support services to teacher trainees, teachers, parents, administrators, and related service personnel. Cautions are also advanced, recognizing the potential for distance systems to facilitate the exclusion of various students with special needs front home-school or classmom-based instruction.