A model for delivery of a personnel-preparation program in education of visually handicapped people via distance-education formats is described. Critical shortages in personnel in the field of blindness and visual impairment are addressed through the description of the University of South Carolina's innovative distance-education program, delivered via telecommunications instruction, videocassettes, and alternative scheduling. Suggestions for transferring the content of traditional teacher-preparation curricula into instruction via distance-education formats are presented, as are future developments in distance education.