Assessing a Mediated Learning Joint Television Course: Foreign Policy Problem Management in the First Bush Administration1

Abstract

This article reports on a multimedia television course taught jointly at two universities and focusing on foreign policy problem management in the administration of George H. W. Bush. The course centered on appearances by President Bush and his major foreign policy team members, discussing in a case study format, the major foreign policy challenges of the administration. The theoretical framework of the course is outlined, the technological aspects are discussed, some evaluative comments are presented, and some future-oriented ideas are offered for building on this experience.