Educational multimedia systems

2009

There has been a rapid growth in recent years in the uses of digital technologies in education, which mirrors the increasing importance of the use of these technologies in the world in general. In mainstream education in many parts of the world, the uses of digital technologies have been constantly increasing and we find ourselves in situations in which all teachers are being expected to demonstrate their ability to use such technologies as part of their teaching toolkit.

Communications of The ACM, 2000

While the term "multimedia" is often the subject of contention, there is no disputing its novelty and the rapid escalation of its evolution. It was only eight years ago that digital video on computers first emerged. Since then, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 have been ratified, and MPEG-7 is already under consideration.

Signal Processing

The notion of using technology for educational purposes is not new. In fact, it can be traced back to the early 1900s during which school museums were used to distribute portable exhibits. This was the beginning of the visual education movement that persisted throughout the 1930s, ...

2005

Interactive multimedia in …, 2005

There have been many experiments and innovations in the field of education and training regarding knowledge delivery. From face-to-face to virtual education, different technologies have played great roles at different times. In the last two decades, due to the advent of computer technologies, information delivery has got new meaning. Development, access, and transfer of text, sound, and video data have given a unique face to classrooms, libraries, and training and resource centers, in the form of interactive multimedia programs.

AACE Journal, 2006

Empirical research regarding the impact of multimedia on learning can be traced back several decades before the large-scale invasion of multimedia learning resources (like CD-ROM titles and Internet applications) into the educational field and originated from areas outside the ...

the Motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant…the use of textbooks" Thomas Edison, 1922. Computing and communication technology continue to make an ever-increasing impact on all aspects of cognition, education and training, from primary to tertiary and in the growing open and distance learning environment. However, many of us also refrain from using computers for fear of failure. We want to sharpen our computer skills, but are scared to make the effort because we lack those very skills.

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 1996

This paper focuses on setting up a system for developing and displaying multimedia classroom presentations that is both economical and easy to learn. Four separate aspects of the process are considered: (1) a hardware configuration to serve both the development and display processes, (2) selecting authoring software and learning to use it, (3) presentation development including locating and acquiring multimedia resources appropriate to psychology, and (4) some of the problems that can be expected to arise in both development and use of multimedia presentations, Some discussion of interactive courseware is included.

Interactive multimedia in education and …, 2005

Toward Effective Use of Multimedia Technologies in Education 25 Chapter II Toward Effective Use of Multimedia Technologies in Education Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Griffith University, Australia Abstract While multimedia technologies are being used in educational contexts, the ...

In the current scenario of educational institutions, multimedia has dig up its own kind of space in some or the other way as a tool of educational technology. Multimedia has overcome the barriers of time and space and provides evidence to be accepted as an anytime and anywhere tool for educating multi-disciplinary masses. The process of knowledge acquisition becomes more efficient when the learners experience an event through a multimedia simulation. Multimedia technology empowers the educational process by means of increased interaction between teachers and the students. Apart from the fact that multimedia can provide educators and students with endless possibilities of quality teaching and learning, taking vital considerations of the pedagogical strengths and limitations of Multimedia, it can be used to its fullest potency, and reach the eminence of ‘New Educational Technology tool’.