Gibson, D. (2001). The Way We Were…Education on the Fly [Electric version]. Technos Quarterly, 10, 3. Retrieved November 20, 2010, from http://www.ait.net/technos/tq_10/3gibson.php.
This article’s focus was on the change that has occurred in Distance Learning Programs from the past to the present, and how driven educators can make a difference in our education system. The article was about the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (MPATI), which was a distance learning program back in the 1960’s. MAPTI was an instructional television program that provided high quality instruction to students through out the Midwest. To increase its audience, the recording occurred on an airplane. The instruction was recorded on videotape and broadcasted in six different states: Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, and Wisconsi (Gibson 2001).
The article stated that MPATI had its troubles with staying functional. Many times the electronic equipment was vacuum-tube and would constantly burn out. However, this did not stop MPATI. MPATI continued to carry out television transmissions for over 20 years. MPATI provided effective instruction to many schools (Gibson 2001.) The Airplane was eventually taken over in the late 1980’ by interactive satellites, which delivered the distance learning. Today schools have the capability to videoconference school-to-school and network with each other.
What the article was trying to point out is that an individual with instructional needs will always find a way to overcome its barriers.
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