Integrating Multimedia and Educational Software Applications

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CHAPTER 5 Integrating Multimedia and Educational
Software Applications
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Objectives

• Define multimedia
• Describe types of media used in multimedia
  applications
• Explain the different uses of multimedia
  applications
• Discuss multimedia applications on the Web
• Identify various K-12 software applications
• Specify what is meant by an interactive
  multimedia application
• Examine the uses of multimedia authoring
  software programs
• Explain why multimedia applications are
  important for education

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What is multimedia

• Multimedia is the combination of the following
  elements text, color, graphics, animation,
  audio, and video.
• Multimedia software - refers to any
  computer-based presentation or application
  software that uses multimedia elements
• Interactive multimedia - describes a multimedia
  application that accepts input from the user by
  means of a keyboard, voice, or a pointing device
  such as a mouse and performs an action in
  response

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Elements of a Multimedia Site

• Text - consists of characters that are used to
  create words, sentences, and paragraphs
• Graphics - digital representations of non text
  information such as a drawing, chart, or
  photograph (visual learners)
• Animation - graphics that have illusions of
  motion
• Audio - any digitized music, speech, or other
  sound
• Video - consists of photographic images that are
  played back at speeds of 15 to 30 frames per
  second and provide appearance of real-time

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Multimedia Cont.

• Multimedia applications - involve the use of
  multimedia technology in education, business, and
  entertainment
• Simulations - are computer based models of
  real-time situations
• Computer based training - is a tool in which
  individuals learn by using and completing
  exercises using instructional software on
  computers
• Electronic books - is a digital text that uses
  links to give the user access to information

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Multimedia Cont.

• How-to guides - are multimedia applications that
  include step-by-step instructions
• Multimedia newspapers and ezines - are digital
  versions of a newspaper or magazine distributed
  via the Web or CD/DVD
• Edutainment - experience meant to be both
  educational and entertaining
• Virtual reality - is the use of a computer to
  create an artificial environment that appears and
  feels like a real environment and allows you to
  explore space and manipulate the setting

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Multimedia Cont.

• Information kiosks- is a computerized
  information or reference center that allows you
  to select various options to browse through or
  find specific information
• Web based training- is an approach to
  computer-based training that uses the
  technologies of the Internet and the WWW
• Distance learning -is the delivery of education
  from one location to another the learning takes
  place at this other location
• Web based course - taught mostly online
• Web enhanced - uses the web to enhance the course

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K-12 Educational Software Applications

• Educational software applications - refers to
  computer software products used to support
  teaching and learning of subject-related content
• Computer assisted instruction - is software
  designed to help teach facts, information, and/or
  skills associated with subject-related materials
• Drill-and-practice - is software that first
  supplies factual information and then through
  repetitive exercises allows students to continue
  to work on specific materials to remember the
  information