October 2, 2008

Iowa, Mediacom Team on GED On Demand

A new partnership among the Iowa Department of Education, Iowa's 15 Community Colleges, Iowa Public Television (IPTV), and Mediacom will use on-demand TV technology to make it easier for Iowans without a high school diploma to prepare for the General Educational Development (GED) Tests.

Iowa First Lady Mari Culver announced that the partnership now offers GED On Demand as a way to provide instructional support to more of the nearly 290,000 eligible Iowans. IPTV is the state's official licensee for video educational materials developed specifically for GED test preparation. The entire test preparation series is now available for viewing as part of the free programming Mediacom's digital cable subscribers can select using On Demand (channel 1).