HAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ARRIVED?

After nearly 20 years of educational television, it can still be argued that ETV has not yet ‘arrived’ in the sense of being an accepted, taken‐for‐granted teaching tool. Although production standards are high, both technically and educationally, and although applications of television to learning are well established, television has certain limitations and deficiencies as a presentation medium. This paper discusses these shortcomings from the stand‐points of large‐group viewing, in lecture theatres and classrooms, and of individual study, and suggests that technical developments now in sight could overcome the limitations, to allow ETV to become the normal presentation medium in education and training