telecourse

[tel-i-kawrs, -kohrs]

noun

1. a course of study presented on television, as for local home viewers receiving credit at a community college.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telecourse¹

First recorded in 1945–50; tele(vision) + course

Example Sentences

Another new PBS series, Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, an impressively mounted survey of Jewish history with Abba Eban as host, is not related to the Annenberg/CPB Project, but is also designed as a college telecourse.

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"You have to be a highly self-disciplined person to take a telecourse," asserts John Flanagan, associate dean for nontraditional studies at Eastern Kentucky University, which is offering two of the Annenberg courses for credit this fall.

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