Multimedia

Overview, concluding remarks, suggestions for assignment

structure

Overview

The term ‘multimedia’ means different things to different people, depending on the context of their practice

Concept of Multimedia has changed radically as we have embraced Information Age

Multimedia and the wider society

Impact has been wide The traditional media

Newspapers, magazines, television

New media The internet and www

Online information from traditional vendors New information via websites, blogs, podcasts, vidcasts,

social software, networked info.

Multimedia and education

Great potential for multimedia as a more powerful and engaging medium to support teaching and learning

Supports e-learning, any where, any time

Supports different learning styles

Multimedia and education

Supports a more diverse and creative environment for both teachers and students to present work No longer handwritten, or simply typed… now

presentations, desk top publishing, online publications of various sorts

Supports sharing and collaboration using wikis, social software of various sorts

Multimedia and education

Not without problems Ongoing research looking at issue of how best to

support teaching and learning using (mainly) online multimedia resources

Need to think carefully about students and their individual needs

Need to provide resources which address disabilities of various sorts

Need to keep up in a rapidly changing environment

Multimedia

Essentially, the study of multimedia is no longer about web design, use of images, colours, fonts, sound, video

New online platforms need to be analysed and assessed for their potential as educational and other resources

Designers of educational resources need to factor in the changing nature of mm to provide an efficient, relevant and appealing learning platforms