Future integrated learning environments with multimedia

Jcal, 2008

Recent progress in information technology hardware and the spread of the Internet have opened a variety of new ways for many fields. Although slower than the business field to catch up with these new developments, the educational field has gradually migrated towards the World-wide web, mostly under the slogan of free, accessible education, to and from anyplace, at anytime. This development triggered an important shift from the teaching paradigm to the learning paradigm. However, slow network speed hindered the first learning environments from being more than simple, electronic text-books. The latest trends making use of increased bandwidths and integrating various media to enhance learning. Moreover, for obtaining learner-oriented, customised learning environments, intelligent tutoring techniques are being adapted and developed for the web. This paper presents these trends on one hand, but on the other hand, also addresses the dangers and pitfalls that such an avalanche of change can bring and stresses the task of ensuring that the real goal of enhancing and improving learning is not overlooked.

The recent astonishing progresses in information technology, computer and information communication hardware and the spread of the Internet have opened a variety of new ways for many fields. Although slower than the business field to catch up with these new developments, the educational field has gradually migrated towards the World Wide Web, mostly under the slogan of free, accessable education, to and from anyplace, at anytime. This development triggered, among other effects, also the important shifting of the weight from the teaching paradigm to the learning paradigm. However, slow network speed hindered the first learning environments from being more than simple, electronic text-books. The latest trends in research are trying to go one step further, making use of increased bandwiths, and integrate various media to enhance learning. Moreover, for obtaining learner-oriented, customized learning environments, ITS and AI-ED techniques are adapted and developed for the Web. These advances promis revolutionary changes in the whole educational system of the new millenium. This paper presents these trends and progresses on one hand, but on the other hand, also addresses the dangers and pitfalls that such an avalanche of changes can bring, and stresses the responsibility we have, to make sure the real goal is never left out of sight: enhancing and improving learning. Finally, we show how we tackle this challenge at the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence, University of Electro-Communications, Japan, where we have built the framework and prototype of an intelligent media-oriented integrated distance education environment.

World Wide Web, 2014

Multimedia and networking technologies have significantly impacted on our daily activities, particularly in terms of how we learn. Nowadays, classroom teaching no longer simply relies on chalk and blackboard as the prime medium for course dissemination. Elearning technologies have made it possible to provide a virtual classroom environment on the Web through supporting teacher-student and student-student communications, course material distribution as well as online student assessments. They provide students with more control over their learning schedule and pace. On top of this, multimedia technologies further offer students different forms of media to match their learning styles, leading to enhancements of their learning effectiveness. This extended introduction discusses the latest e-learning specific multimedia technologies, their research challenges and future trends from both pedagogical and technological perspectives. We also summarize the papers included in this special issue.

Multimedia International Journal , 2019

This paper examined the role of Multimedia and Multimedia Tools in E-Learning Education for the developing nations like Nigeria and Africa in general. Multimedia is a creative combination of computer hardware and software that allows for integration of video, animation, audio, graphics and text resources in such a way that information can be accessed interactively with any information processing devices. In essence, multimedia merges multiple levels of learning into an educational tools that allow for diversity in curricula presentation. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution is fast changing the world, and creating a generation that is media-hungry and technologically savvy. This new generation is using digital media for learning and communicating. Traditional education content can now be transformed into interactive multimedia content by using authoring packages such as Macromedia Director, Camtasia studio, Movie Maker, Authorware, Flash and animate studio. This will facilitate student-centered learning and enhance the student learning process. This fusion of technology and educational content has an important bearing on our instructional methodology and strong influence in the learning outcomes. It has enabled the teacher to present educational content in multidimensional format and in an interactive, multi-sensory manner rather than the traditional single media format. In addition, steps are being taken by educators to move away from traditional teaching and learning to a more student-centered approach through the use of technology. With the availability of the devices such as the computers, Projectors, CD and Internet, in particular the World Wide Web, Multimedia educational content can be delivered to the students, thus changing the scenario in which teachers teach and students learn. In this research project, the focus will be on a comparative study on the impact on student learning when interactive multimedia educational content is delivered Via Mobile Computing devices, CD/DVD-ROM and the Web Repository.

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2009

In recent years, information and communication technology and multimedia technology have increasingly altered the landscape of the educational field particularly in higher education. In that, e-learning in its broad sense makes use of network and computing resources for bringing general education to the potential benefits of distant education and face to face classroom education. The amount of multimedia support facilitated by the e-learning systems has given significant consideration in order to make distance education as effective as classroom education and make the blended leaning experience more effective. While the technology is moving toward a multimedia rich learning management system, its practical deployments is still far away, due to many unsolved technical and pedagogical problems. In this paper we discuss the design and implementation of a prototype system umeLMS which features an integrated framework that interacts with a rich set of hypermedia contents and provides ubiquitous access. The main focus of this design is threefold: first input integration by which multimedia can be incorporated into the LMS in various ways. Second, content Integration by which different forms of hypermedia is linked to the course contents. Third, access integration by which a wide array of mobile devices are supported for multimedia content browsing which creates a real u-learning environment by enabling active participation in the learning/teaching process.