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Videocassettes
Videotape can be used to record broadcasts for later review. But the technology's optimal use is for programs and sequences designed for more flexible, active use in conjunction with other course components (as with audiotapes) or for group viewing and discussion with a tutor or animateur (as in the tutored video instruction method used for some courses at Stanford University in the United States). As with broadcast TV, videotapes can be very useful for showing processes, experiments, field locations, and case studies. But learners must have access, at home or in a local center, to playback equipment (a videocassette recorder and monitor) that it is compatible with the standard used in the original recording (NTSC, PAL, or SECAM).
 
 

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