EVALUATING WEB SITES

EVALUATING AUTHORITY CONTENT LAYOUT / INTERFACE Meet the needs Up-to-date Teacher content @ not Org. affiliated Contact / feedback Accuracy & up-to-date Comprehensiveness & readable & depth Currency Links & downloadable Style & navigable Taste Design / graphic Style & function Multimedia Spelling & grammar are correct printable downloadable readable navigable

THE ROLE OF MULTIMEDIA IN EDUCATION

DEFINITION OF MULTIMEDIA From the words ‘multi’ and ‘media/medium’ Multi – refers to many or multiple Media/medium – is a tool, vehicle or agent to present or convey something Multimedia is all about communicating in several ways

From the words ‘multi’ and ‘media/medium’

Multi – refers to many or multiple

Media/medium – is a tool, vehicle or agent to present or convey something

Multimedia is all about communicating in several ways

MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS AUDIO VIDEO ANIMATION INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC TEXT MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM

WHY USE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY? User friendly interface Meaningful and ease of use Interactivity Self-paced interaction Cost effectiveness with greater efficiency

User friendly interface

Meaningful and ease of use

Interactivity

Self-paced interaction

Cost effectiveness with greater efficiency

MULTIMEDIA HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE HARDWARE Input devices Output devices SOFTWARE Text Graphic Audio Video Animation

HARDWARE

Input devices

Output devices

SOFTWARE

Text

Graphic

Audio

Video

Animation

INTERACTIVITY OF MULTIMEDIA

INTERACTIVITY OF MULTIMEDIA Linear presentation Non-linear presentation Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 3 start continuous end Main Page Home video hypertext hypermedia

Linear presentation

Non-linear presentation

MEDIUM OF DELIVERY Standalone application An application that is accessed from storage devices Such as Floppy-disk Hard disk CD ROM DVD ROM Web-based application An application that is accessed with a web browser over a network Such as The internet The intranet

Standalone application

An application that is accessed from storage devices

Such as

Floppy-disk

Hard disk

CD ROM

DVD ROM

Web-based application

An application that is accessed with a web browser over a network

Such as

The internet

The intranet

WHERE TO USE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM? Business and industries others Education and training administration communication entertainment home medical MULTIMEDIA IN VARIOUS FIELDS

THE USE OF INTERNET In education

FOUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERNET Grey (1999) has identified four ways in which the internet can function as an educational tool in the classroom and these four ways are also applicable in ESL/EFL classrooms.

Grey (1999) has identified four ways in which the internet can function as an educational tool in the classroom and these four ways are also applicable in ESL/EFL classrooms.

Search for and receive Publish and provide Talk to and reply Collaborate and learn FOUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERNET

Search for and receive

Publish and provide

Talk to and reply

Collaborate and learn

Search for and receive Comprises activities that are based on using the internet as a huge virtual library. In these activities students search for and retrieve information from this library. FOUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERNET

Search for and receive

Comprises activities that are based on using the internet as a huge virtual library.

In these activities students search for and retrieve information from this library.

Publish and provide These activities involve not the retrieval, but the publication of information. This publishing is done on web pages, which are the basic places where information is stored on the internet. FOUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERNET

Publish and provide

These activities involve not the retrieval, but the publication of information.

This publishing is done on web pages, which are the basic places where information is stored on the internet.

Talk to and reply These are conversational activities that take place via the internet through email correspondence and in ‘chat’ rooms. This category could also include internet phone conversations. FOUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERNET

Talk to and reply

These are conversational activities that take place via the internet through email correspondence and in ‘chat’ rooms.

This category could also include internet phone conversations.

Collaborate and learn This category includes joint projects that involve students in two or more classrooms that might be thousands of miles apart. This fourth way of integrating the internet usually involves one or more of the other three ways. FOUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERNET

Collaborate and learn

This category includes joint projects that involve students in two or more classrooms that might be thousands of miles apart.

This fourth way of integrating the internet usually involves one or more of the other three ways.

MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT User interface principles Provide an organize structure Provide a simple design Keep the user interface visible Provide informative feedback Keep the user interface flexible Minimize memory load Provide shortcuts for frequent users

User interface principles

Provide an organize structure

Provide a simple design

Keep the user interface visible

Provide informative feedback

Keep the user interface flexible

Minimize memory load

Provide shortcuts for frequent users

MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT Development team Project manager Designer Content specialist Writer Video specialist Audio specialist Programmer Producer

Development team

Project manager

Designer

Content specialist

Writer

Video specialist

Audio specialist

Programmer

Producer

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION PLANNING PRODUCTION DESIGN DEVELOPMENT TESTING PUBLISHING

1. PLANNING The business model, schedule, media plan and focus group is determined

The business model, schedule, media plan and focus group is determined

2. PRODUCTION Material and assets for building the application is produced and managed Involves with planning and scheduling the resources for the application

Material and assets for building the application is produced and managed

Involves with planning and scheduling the resources for the application

3. DESIGN Effort responsible for creating a detailed blueprint for the multimedia application Such as conceptual overview, storyboard, layout, interface design and information design

Effort responsible for creating a detailed blueprint for the multimedia application

Such as conceptual overview, storyboard, layout, interface design and information design

4. DEVELOPMENT All the content is created and processed All the content and media used in the application is integrated to become one complete application

All the content is created and processed

All the content and media used in the application is integrated to become one complete application

5. TESTING To ensure the application is free from bug and will be accepted by the user Of there a bug, the application should be revised and be tested again until the application is free from bug

To ensure the application is free from bug and will be accepted by the user

Of there a bug, the application should be revised and be tested again until the application is free from bug

6. PUBLISHING Once the application is tested and revised, it could be burned into a CD-ROM or published on the internet as a website

Once the application is tested and revised, it could be burned into a CD-ROM or published on the internet as a website