I recently purchased "Economics" and "Great Minds of Western
Civilization" on DVD from The Teaching Company.

These are generally excellent.  However. they involve mostly lecture
and do not have visuals (e.g., charts, pictures, timelines, etc.)
which would make full use of DVD.


What other companies (competitors to The Teaching Company) sell course
work on DVD?  I would prefer college or post-college level courses
across a wide range of disciplines.  (PBS sells DVD.  However, these
seem to be 1-2 hours and not full courses.)

All comments greatly appreciated !

Ron,

Thanks for accepting my suggestion as an answer. I am reposting the
information below.

A California-based firm called Intelecom offers a wide variety of
educational materials on videotape, CD-ROM, or DVD.
 
"By bringing the subject matter to life visually, and linking that
visual content to assigned readings and in-class or electronically --
transmitted lectures, a well-produced telecourse can be the key to
successful distance learning.  INTELECOM offers a wide range of
telecourses -- in science & technology, business, social sciences &
humanities, and adult education & literacy."
 
Intelecom 
http://www.intelecom.org/intelecom1.asp 
 
Contact info: 
 
Intelecom 
http://www.intelecom.org/ilrn/ilrncontactus.htm 

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As I mentioned in my earlier comment, there seem to be very slim
pickin's in the field of DVD-based courses for adults. I did find one
other option that may be interesting if you have a desire to learn
more about chemistry. Here's a fellow called 'Chemguy' who offers
several courses on DVD:

Chemguy
http://www.chemguy.com/Course%20Desc.html

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Search terms used in locating this information:

home study course
courses on video
courses on dvd
college courses
college level
university level
distance learning
educational dvd

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Since I am virtually certain that more such courses exist, I am going
to keep sniffing for clues. I have emailed an online friend who is a
political science instructor to ask whether he is aware of any
college-level courses on DVD. I'll let you know if anything good
materializes.

Very best wishes,
pinkfreud

PinkFreud is tops!   Thanks.

Ron,

Having cast a wide net and caught a minnow, I am amazed at the paucity
of DVD-based learning material aimed at adults. This looks to me like
a niche that needs filling. Surely there's room for more than just The
Teaching Company in this field.

This is the only promising lead I found for you:

A California-based firm called Intelecom offers a wide variety of
educational materials on videotape, CD-ROM, or DVD.

"By bringing the subject matter to life visually, and linking that
visual content to assigned readings and in-class or electronically --
transmitted lectures, a well-produced telecourse can be the key to
successful distance learning.  INTELECOM offers a wide range of
telecourses -- in science & technology, business, social sciences &
humanities, and adult education & literacy."

Intelecom
http://www.intelecom.org/intelecom1.asp

Contact info:

Intelecom
http://www.intelecom.org/ilrn/ilrncontactus.htm

It appears that Intelecom is geared toward licensing its products for
institutional use, rather than selling directly to the student, but it
might be worth your while to contact them for more details.

~Pink

Pink---this is a wonderful answer.  Please post it so I can pay you.

Separately, several of the answers you gave me 3 months ago are paying
rich dividends.  As always...thank you !!!!       ron

Many thanx for the five stars!

If I find more stuff, I'll post it as a clarification so that you'll
be notified by email.

~Pink