Multimedia approaches in teacher education

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Multimedia approaches in teacher education
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Workshop objectives

• To understand the nature, scope and purposes of
  multimedia education.
• To appreciate the contribution of multimedia
  approaches in teacher education.
• To appreciate ways in which the multimedia
  approaches in the Teaching and Learning for a
  Sustainable Future programme can be used to
  develop an understanding of the rationale, scope,
  content and multimedia education design of
  Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future.

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Workshop activities

• A demonstration project
• Advantages of multimedia education
• Approaches to multimedia education
• Reflection

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A demonstration project of

• How multimedia approaches can be used to provide
  professional development experiences for a wide
  range of educators at various phases of their
  professional career.

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A demonstration project of

• How a professional development resource may be
  prepared to allow maximum flexibility for
  individual and small group use.

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A demonstration project of

• How such flexibility can allow for the use of the
  multimedia resource for both independent study
  and use as part of a tertiary course.

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A demonstration project of

• How capacity building in the use of Information
  and Communication Technology (ICT) can be
  enhanced as a 'by-product' of professional
  development in other fields.

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A demonstration project of

• How the scale of impact of a programme may be
  maximised for a large audience (60 million
  teachers) through the effective use of ICT and
  innovative multimedia design.

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Advantages of multimedia in education

• Unlimited and Evolving
• Since the information on the Internet is
  distributed over a huge number of computers, the
  amount of information that is accessible is
  enormous and growing rapidly whereas conventional
  textbooks are necessarily limited in scope. 

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Advantages of multimedia in education

• Up to date
• Internet links provide access to sources of
  information that are constantly being updated,
  without the need for teacher involvement (but be
  sure to check the 'update' information at all
  Internet sites).

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Inexpensive
• The only cost for access to the information on
  most Internet sites is your on-line time.

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Searchable
• Search engines are readily available and can be
  incorporated into Internet sites so that the
  entire resource can be searched by key word or
  phrase.

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Diverse Authorship
• The viewpoints of people and organisations from
  many different perspectives are available on the
  Internet. Some sites invite participants to
  contribute to the sources of information, as well
  as use them.

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Interactive
• Some Internet sites allow various types of
  interaction with the user, including simulation,
  surveys and self-paced tutorials.

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Asynchronous interaction
• Unlike face-to-face or telephone conversations,
  electronic communication does not require
  participants to respond immediately. As a result,
  interactions can be more succinct and
  to-the-point, discussion can stay more on-track,
  and people can get a chance to craft their
  responses. This can lead to more thoughtful and
  creative conversations.

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Any time
• The Internet can be used at any convenient time
  early morning, late night, after work, or on
  weekends. Cross-time-zone communication,
  difficult to arrange in real time, is as easy as
  talking to someone across town.

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Advantages ofmultimedia in education

• Any place
• Learning can take place anywhere - and you can
  get information from almost anywhere in the
  world. You can log on at work, home, the library,
  or when travelling.

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