educational aspects of digitization of national heritage

Cetinje, 15.09.2007

Mile JovanovNevena Ackovska

Smile Markovski

Educational aspects of digitization of national heritage

Center for Digitization of National Heritage - Macedonia Cetinje, 15.09.2007

Introduction The Digitization of national heritage is a process concerning

several aspects the digital presentation of the cultural heritage elements

When using digital presentation, in order to complete the goal, one needs to use different multimedia technologies sound processing and generation creating and processing of photos generating, processing and producing of videos creating 3D visualizations and animations

their integration in a final product, in order to achieve appropriate presentation and means of easy distribution.

These technologies, which are extremely important for the digital presentation of the national heritage, can be learned in the most of the Multimedia courses included in the Information technologies or Computer Science studies


Course Multimedia at II

Lectures 2 hours per week Prof. D-r Smile Markovski Mile Jovanov (some parts)

Lab tutorials 4 class hours per week Marjan Kindalov Nikolče Mihajlovski Goran Kolevski Nikola Lazovski


XML related multimedia technologies

Introduction XML and XML related technologies XSL and XSLT transformations An introduction to SMIL and SVG How XML, SMIL and SVG are related The SMIL specification modules Authoring and delivery platforms Server side techniques for processing and transforming XML Design issues Advanced and selected topics within XML based multimedia

technologies Future perspectives: 3G services, mobility and XML related

technologies


Lab tutorial

Four main parts 2D Graphics 3D Graphics Sound Macromedia Flash

Idea: One assistant – one part


Macromedia Flash


►M

acromedia Flash ►

► 6 hours

• Development environment. Panels. Time...• Film vs. animation• Types of elements• Animation structure in Flash• Pictures, picture optimization• Sound, sound optimization• Introduction to Action Script 1.0 • Standard operators, control structures...• ...


►M

acromedia Flash ►

► 6 hours

• Movie Clip and Button elements • Event handling• Use of Math, Key, Selection objects• Arrays and methods• Home made check box, scroll, subscribe

form…• Interactive menus• ....


Sound

recording

editing

reproduction

sequencing

compression

...


►Sound ►

► 12 hours

• “Audacity” • software product for sound

processing• “Anvil Studio”

• software for sound generation • MIDI programming


2D graphics

Raster Vector


Introduction to GIMP and application Types of colors, layers, chanels Selections Masks Toolbox Filters

(Blur, Light effects, Glass effects, Artistic, Text effects...) Scripts Print

►2D

Graphics ►

► 8 hours


►2D

Graphics ►

► 4 hours Introduction to Coral Draw and application

Primary menu Using lines, brushes, shapes Effects Using colors Using text 3D effects Layers Using bit – maps Print


3D graphics

Maya - 3D modeling and animation

Virtual Dub –for video capture

and linear processing


Maya Status bar QWERTY tools Line up Hotbox Marking menus Channel box Attributes editor …

►3D

Graphics ►

► 10 hours


►3D

Graphics ►

► 10 hours


Project!

In order to complete the course, students must produce a project!


Project The digital presentation of the national heritage of

one country incorporates the usage of the previously mentioned technologies particularly modern and very attractive area The projects include presentations of very important

segments of Macedonian national heritage Projects are created as part of collaboration

between the Center of digitization of National Heritage of Macedonia (CDNH) at the Institute of Informatics and the students taking the Multimedia course


CDNH Macedonia Formed 01.03.2005 activities focused toward development of a

digitized presentation of the national heritage of Macedonia via: building a web portal of the CDNH producing application programs and programming

tools for national heritage presentation organizing seminars, workshops and conferences involving new teaching materials in students education

at Institute of Informatics ...


The role of CDNH

The role of CDNH is to communicate with the relevant institutions involved in the

conservation of Macedonian national heritage to understand the needs of these institutions to prepare action plan for the forthcoming activities and

projects, and to complete those projects

These activities include the creation of various digital presentations, and their integration in web pages for Internet presentations as part of CD presentations


Bridge: educational process at II <-> cultural institutions in MKD

Educational institution

Lecturer

CDNH

Cultural institution

Contact person

ProjectProject

Project

Project

Project

Multimedia course

curricula


Student projects

Multimedia based: 3D animations, Virtual tours, Panorama views, Musically supported, Picture galleries, Texts, Movie recordings ...

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Student project – “Ubavinite na Matka”


Results This approach in teaching Multimedia course enables the

students to create part of the projects that are incorporated in the official digital presentation of the national heritage of Republic of Macedonia

The idea that their work is presented to broader Macedonian community motivates them to achieve their maximal potentials, both in qualitative as well as in the quantitative aspect of the project creation

These types of projects give the students opportunity to feel the real team spirit, require managing the time and resources, and communication with authorities and people from the cultural

and historical community of the Republic of Macedonia


Conclusion

The digital presentation of national heritage offers enormous opportunities in application of the students’ skills acquired in the course of Multimedia

It is evident that due to the fact that these projects are available to broader public through their web accessibility, the students are highly motivated to create more interesting presentations

The motivation itself leads the students to global understanding of the multimedia technologies and a desire to master all of the software products taught in the Multimedia course


The portal is continuously enriched

http://www.cdnh.edu.mk

CDNH web portal

educational aspects of digitization of national heritage

Documents

digital presentation

xml related technologiesxsl

svghow xml

hours introduction

multimedia courses

processing of photosgenerating

appropriate presentation

class hours