1. By Ashley-
Nicole Cortez
ITEC 299
SYNTHESIS QUEST:
MULTIMEDIA/INTERACTIVE
LEARNING
Ashley-Nicole Cortez

2.  For this project I will be focusing on
multimedia and interactive learning
and how they engage my learning
preferences through the
technologies mentioned
 I will be attempting to
 Explore the technology
 Synthesize my experience with said
technology
 Contemplate which strategies I’ll
continue using in the future.
BRIEF OVERVIEW…
Ashley-Nicole Cortez

3.  Podcasts: audio files
 Focused on verbal and reflective learning
 Screencasts: digital recording that may contain audio
 Focused on verbal/visual learning
 Multimedia: any medium of expression used to communicate
 Focused mostly on verbal/visual learning
WHICH TECHNOLOGIES I EXPLORED…
Ashley-Nicole Cortez

4.  Podcasts
 Used it to listen to educational podcasts for Biology/Psychology
courses (NPR)
 Used reflective learning to try and understand the information
 Screencasts
 Used in from my Labor Studies (PowerPoint presentation/webcam
capture with lecture)
 Used to watch a lot of Calculus tutorials on YouTube
 Made it really easy to work at my own pace
 Multimedia
 Used it everyday to access this course and iLearn
 Used it to make this presentation
 Downloaded eBooks and interactive textbooks for ACCT100 and
CSC210
EXPLORING THE TECHNOLOGY…
Ashley-Nicole Cortez

5.  What worked and why?
 Screencasts
 Very effective at engaging me with visual and sometimes audio
 Great medium for tutorials
 Provides practical some practical knowledge
 Multimedia
 Ease of use
 Versatility
 Combination of 5 media types (text, video, audio, animation, and graphics)
 Can access the Internet from pretty much any device nowadays to get info
 What didn’t work and why?
 Podcasts
 Focused too heavily on audio
 Clarity of the speaker varies from podcasts to podcast
 Lack of visuals
SYNTHESIZING MY EXPERIENCE…
Ashley-Nicole Cortez

6.  Screencasts
 Can be useful in nearly all of my classes
 Particularly my math courses
 Great way to gain new skills and keep the skills you do have current
when software updates come out (i.e.. Adobe Photoshop)
 Can be used for on the job training
 Multimedia
 Unavoidable in this modern era
 Uses five types of media thereby creating in all-consuming
environment for learning
 Creating presentations in PowerPoint is a necessary skill in the job
world and the academic world
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE…
Ashley-Nicole Cortez