Price Change to DVDs and Video CDs

At the close of the Spring 2006 semester the price of bulk purchases of DVDs and Video CDs will increase from $10 to $15 a set. This bulk purchase price, offered only to member colleges, will continue to include free shipping. This price increase will not affect students who purchase course materials online via the INTELECOM website. The price will remain at $35 per DVD/Video CD plus $5 shipping and handling.

With the introduction of Inside Out: Introduction to Psychology in the Fall of 2006, members offering the course will have the option of receiving a free starter package of 20 sets, or master duplication set. For more details please call or email Michelle Kolpien at (800) 576-2988, ext. 114 or mkolpien@intelecom.org.

COURSE UPDATE — Framework for Democracy

Revised versions of video lessons 20, 21 and 26 regarding the Supreme Court and global foreign policy, respectively, are in development and will be available for Fall 2006 classes. The revised course will be released as a DVD box set for use as part of online, hybrid, or traditional distance learning programs.

COURSE UPDATE — The Endless Voyage DVD Student Set

The Endless Voyage will be released soon as a DVD box set. The portable four-disc set will replace the video CD format, and incorporate all 26 video lessons plus more than 100 video segments identified in the series. The DVD set will be available for Summer 2006 classes.

Inside Out: Introduction to Psychology

Available Fall 2006

"The production quality is first class.  The graphics and animations are excellent and clear.  The examples are judicious.  And the interviewees are terrific."

David G. Myers , Author, Psychology

Post-production of Inside Out is nearing completion. This distance learning course and introduction to Psychology is correlated with the textbook "Psychology" by David Myers and will be available for Fall 2006 classes. Programs offering the course may refer to the following key dates as they plan for the Fall semester:  

Video Content

Videotape Masters: Available May 2006

DVD Box Set: Available June 2006
Individual DVD Masters: Available June 2006

Textbooks (two options)

Psychology by Myers, 8/e: Available March 2006

Psychology in Modules by Myers, 8/e: Available June 2006

Study Guide

Inside Out Distance Learning Guide     
by Volckmann, 1/e (INTELECOM): Available June 2006     

E-Content (HTML and WebCT-ready): Available June 2006

Faculty Guide and Exam Bank: Available June 2006

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Narrative Television Network and INTELECOM Partner to Meet the Needs of the Blind and Visually-Impaired

INTELECOM and the Narrative Television Network (NTN) have reached an agreement to create audio-described versions of more than 200 INTELECOM course videos for the blind and visually-impaired.

Since 1988, NTN has been a leader in making television programming and movies accessible to more than 13 million blind and visually impaired people and their families by unobtrusively adding the voice of a narrator to the existing programming sound track without interfering with any of the original audio or video.

INTELECOM courses to be adapted by NTN for audio description:

INTELECOM will make audio described masters available on a cost-only basis to member colleges.

For questions about Inside Out or audio-described courses from INTELECOM: (800) 576-2988.

Key Higher Education Act Amendments Strike Both 50% Rules in Their Entirety

Effective July 1, 2006 there will no longer be any limitation on the number of online courses versus conventional instruction, nor any limit, for those institutions subject to the second 50% rule, to the number of students who can be enrolled in such programs. The primary impact is that colleges' with more than 50% of their enrollment in distance education classes are now eligible to receive financial aid.

Click here to read an analysis of the changes to the Higher Education Act and what it means for distance learning programs [PDF].