(Annual) Costs; the Third Vector Presents Cost As a Function of Environment
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 024 286 64 EM 007 013 Cost Study of Educational Media Systems and Their Equipment Components. Volume II, Technical Report. Final Repor t. General Learning Corp., Washington, D.C. Spons Agency-Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Bureau of Research. Bureau No- BR- 7-9006 Pub Date Jun 68 Contract- OEC- 1- 7-079006-5139 Note- 334p. EDRS Price MF-S1.25 HC-$16.80 Descriptors- Airborne Television, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Closed Circuit Television, Dial Access Information Systems,EducationalEnvironment,*EquipmentWilization,*Estimated Costs,Films,Initial Expenses, *Instructional Media, Instructional Technology, Instructional Television, Language Laboratories, Learning Laboratories, *Media Technology, Operating Expenses, Radio, *Technical Reports, Video Tape Recordings A common instrucrionaltask and a set of educational environments are hypothesized for analysis of media cost data.The analytic structure may be conceptulized as a three-dimensional matrix: the first vector separates costs into production, distribution, and reception; the second vector delineates capital (initial) and operating (annual) costs; the third vector presents cost as a function of environment. Per studentequivalentannualcosts are estimatedfor airborne television,InstructionalTelevisionFixed Service(ITFS),satellitetelevision, UHF television, closed circuittelevision,video tape recordings,film,radio, language laboratories, and dial access systems. The appendix analyzes componential and operating costs for five media systems (instructional television, audiovisual media system1 educational radio, learning and language laboratories, dial access), using guidelines established in VolumeI of the study. Estimated costs are presented graphically with price ranges and design considerations. Researchers must examine the possibilities of cost savings in media development and consider the relationship of instructional technology to the educational system, government, and the knowledge industry.
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