Teaching Styles of Interactive Television Instructors: A Descriptive Study

This study identified teaching styles of university interactive television instructors. The instructors (N = 203), representing nine Land Grant universities, completed a demographic survey and the Principles of Adult Learning Scale, a forty-four item teaching-style assessment instrument. Descriptive statistics revealed that interactive television instructors displayed behaviors representative of both learner-centered and teacher-centered styles, with a strong inclination toward a teacher-centered approach to the distance teaching process. Results indicate discrepancies between what research and theory suggest is the most appropriate distance teaching style and what is actually being employed in interactive television classrooms.