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Skills and knowledge needed by television production specialists in distance education

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The purpose of this study was to examine what distance education-related skills and knowledge television production specialists had to learn in order to perform their jobs. The purposive sample for this study consisted of 12 full-time television production specialists who develop live, interactive, video-based educational programs at American universities. However, prior to employment at their respective universities, these television production specialists had no experience or educational background in the field of distance education. Qualitative methods were used to collect data. The analysis gave rise to the finding that television production specialists had to learn skills in two major areas—technical skills and personal/interpersonal skills—and knowledge of instructional design methods.

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Telg, R. Skills and knowledge needed by television production specialists in distance education. ETR&D 44, 73–81 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02300427

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