Multimedia

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General Terms

• Multimedia
• Hypermedia
• Authoring with Technology
• Web-Based Instruction
• Computer-Assisted Instruction
• http//www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
• Distance Education

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Multimedia Hypermedia

• Multimedia
• Non-interactive linear presentations
• Hypermedia
• It is used as a logical extension of the term
  hypertext, in which graphics, audio, video, plain
  text and hyperlinks intertwine to create a
  generally non-linear interactive medium of
  information.

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Hypertext slide
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Normal text structure
Idea 1
Idea 2
Idea 3
Idea 4
Node x
Hypertext structure
Node x
Node x
Node x
Node x
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• Authoring products
• PowerPoint
• Used by most schools
• Web Page Software
• Dreamweaver, Frontpage, etc
• Flash
• Learning object creation
• Authorware
• A program used in High School
• E.g. Surrey, BC
• Career Technology Studies (CTS) program in the
  province of Alberta.

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Major thinking skills that learners need to use
as designers (Multimedia Hypermedia as
Mindtools)

• Project management skills
• Creating a timeline for the completion of the
  project
• Allocating resources and time to various
  segments of the project
• Assigning roles to team members

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• Research skills
• Determining the nature of the problem and how it
  should be organized
• Posing thoughtful questions about the structure
• Searching for information using textual,
  electronic, and pictorial sources of information
• Developing new information with surveys,
  interviews, questionnaires, and other sources
• Analyzing and interpreting all of the information
  collected to find and interpret patterns

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• Organization and representation skills
• Deciding how to segment and sequence information
  to make it understandable.
• Deciding how information will be represented
  (text, pictures, video)
• Deciding how the information will be organized
  (hierarchy, sequence) and linked

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• Presentation skills
• Mapping the design onto the presentation,
  implementing the ideas in multimedia
• Attracting and maintaining interest of the
  audience
• Reflection skills
• Evaluating the program and the process used to
  create it
• Revising the design of the program using feedback

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Assessment of Multimedia and Technology

• http//www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html

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Presentation Software
Templates
Slides
File import/export
Integrate resources
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PowerPoint Presentations
You can then type your notes here.
Special Effects