This document discusses the design and application of a multimedia network course based on web. It introduces: 1) The theoretical foundations for course design, drawing from instructional design theory, constructivism learning theory, and theories of autonomous learning. 2) The teaching design strategy, including setting clear objectives, designing comprehensive content, and emphasizing student-centered and autonomous learning. 3) The importance of system design for the network course, including reasonable organization of teaching media, feedback mechanisms, and attention to navigation, interaction and personalization.

1. Design and Application of Multimedia Network Course based on Web
Nong Zheng
College of Education Science
Guangxi University For Nationalities
Nanning ,China
nongneal@163.com
Abstract—With the Guidance of the theory of teaching system
design and the theory of modern studying, this article A. Teaching system design theory
introduces the teaching design strategy, the system design and Teaching system design is the study of methods of the
the implementation technique, and analyzes the importance of design and development of teaching system. Take the system
the security of the system management, information approach as the core, the system explores teaching and
management and system maintenance and update in the learning system between each essential factor and the whole
network course. essence relates. The theory of learning and the teaching
theory will be systematically applied to solve practical
Keywords-WEB; Teaching design; Design of network course problems, and a teaching system is formed which can realize
the teaching function, complete the teaching goal and
I. INTRODUCTION promote the optimized teaching. There are three main kinds
With the development of information technology, Multi- of instructional design theory, that is, (1) the teaching-
media network teaching plays a more and more important centered instructional design for teachers to teach. (2) the
role in the higher education courses, which can open up learning-centered instructional design for students to study.
wider space for autonomous learning ability of college (3)the dominant-the union” instructional design for a
students and promote student's study and exchange in the combination of both.
virtual network environment. Multi-media network teaching System theory states that the system is a collection of
system has characteristics of mutuality and dynamic, which interrelated components that function together to achieve
makes teaching become more flexible and more humanized, some outcome. A network course is a particular subject
and it can bring up and waken students learning interest and teaching of the network teaching. Under multimedia and
can make students have the ability to collect, collate and internet settings, the teaching process can be divided into
process the learning information and can bring up ability of three essential factors-the teacher, the network course and the
students to improve teaching quality. The instruction system student.
development of technology and application for Multimedia The teaching process is shown in figure 1. Surrounding
Network Course based on Web is worth investigation. the aims and characteristics of the course, a teacher selects
and designs the information of teaching media reasonably.
II. THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR THE DESIGN OF Having followed this course, students should enhance their
[1,2]
NETWORK COURSE ability to learn and to relate different aspects of learning. The
Network curriculum design is the theory of knowledge teacher gets the study information of student through the
and discipline, and it is the modern education and teaching of network questions, online (or offline) testing, student submit
the computer technology. The design and development of of assignments and message boards, network BBS etc,
network curriculum is supported by instructional design grasps the teaching effect, inspects whether to achieve the
theory, humanism learning theory, constructivism learning original teaching goal, adjusts the next program of the
theory and self-regulated learning theory. teaching content and teaching the strategies, renews the
network information.
Teaching Objective The Teachers Network Course The Students
Feedback systems
figure 1 The Teaching process in the Network course
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2. of learning. Therefore, autonomous learning is an effective
B. Humanism Learning Theory study way, is the embodiment of learners on the subject
Humanism learning theory states that study is not simply position, which can make the learner give full play to the
the relationships between stimuli and response, but a sense of initiative of learning.
psychological process. Learners are the subject of learning Thus, the network system design should be noted that
and they can teach themselves, everyone has the potential to several areas of the functional characteristics 1
learn, learning is essential for self-fulfillment. Study is one of Accentuate the characteristic of The network study, embody
the individual needs. Learners will take encouragement from the leading position of the learner autonomy. 2 Achieve
learning when they learn actively in the course of learning. individualized learning and personalized services to meet
It is the most enduring and the most lasting learning when different levels of learner individual requirements. 3 Pay
learners play a part on their own volition in learning.
attention to navigation design, interaction design and
Personal influence is essential in effective learn, study with a
animation design, satisfy the needs of autonomous learning
partner and study in groups can urge learners to study hard.
The research of humanism learning theory emphasizes the under network environment. 4 Pay attention to teaching
central role of learners, advocates learners to study evaluation and feedback, keep abreast of students about
effectively and stresses the importance of self-evaluation. learning, to update content design, environmental design,
evaluation method, and the management model. [4]
C. Constructivism Learning Theory
III. THE STRATEGY OF TEACHING DESIGN [5]
Constructivism learning theory defines knowledge as
being, “with the help and cooperation of others by making A. The Design of Teaching Objectives
full use of the essential study materials and by means of
construct meaning, the learner constructs initiative the The teaching goal is the teaching pilot, is grasping the
properties, the inherent laws and internal relations of things teaching travel direction. In order to let the learners have a
in certain situation”. The learning process is that the learner preliminary understanding of the scope and overall direction
constructs a new knowledge guided by the past successful of the curriculum, a detailed and clear instructional objective
experience, through the interaction with the outside world. should be designed, a brief description should be given of the
Therefore, constructivism learning theory attaches great front theory and technical, the daily life application and the
importance to the role of the learning environment in the future trend of development. In the network course, the
course of study, states that” the situation”,” the cooperation”, teaching announcement and the teaching guide is designed,
“the conversation” and “the significance construction” are the direction and the basic survey of teaching is indicated,
the four elements of learning environment. Constructivism the teaching purposes, tasks and requirements, elements for
learning theory emphasizes that study is the student-centered each chapter title and time allocation is described in detail
driving exploration, initiative discovery and the initiative and references are given in the course, etc.
construction. That is, the capacity to acquire knowledge B. The Design of teaching contents
depends more on the learner according to oneself experience
The course content is to achieve the teaching goal, to
to construct relevant knowledge than on the capacity to
make the course more systematic, more comprehensive and
remember and recite what the teacher teach.
more visual, to arouse the initiatives of learners on the
The teacher acts as a guide and a helper in the teaching
bountiful expressions. Therefore, according to the
process, that is, helps the student to form the academic
requirement of teaching content design, the knowledge
motivation, stimulates student's study interest, through the
points and the relevant concepts of the course will be
establishment suitable situation, helps the student to
organized and designed, to reflect the logical relationship
construct the knowledge what the student has learned. In
between knowledge points, manifest the teaching
order to cause the significance construction to be more
characteristic and the teaching rule, and show the structure
effective, the teacher should organize cooperative learning,
and the function of knowledge.
discussions and exchange.
The content of the network course is open to meet the
D. Autonomous Learning theory [3] study needs of the learners to the maximum extent possible
Autonomous learning theory states that autonomous at different times and places; the network course is abundant
learning is a study mode, which mainly includes the in study resources, there have on-line multimedia resources,
following factors: learners lead the study intrinsic the experiment demonstrate, exercises and reference book for
mechanism, the ability of learners to control their own teaching, etc. Moreover, the course needs to extend the
learning objectives, the study content, learning methods and relevant knowledge that includes borderline subjects of
the use of learning materials. If the learners are all active relevant knowledge, the relevant knowledge of correlative
participants from the meta-cognition, motivation and and the overall quality of the relevant social practice
behavior, the study is the autonomous learning. certification exam content knowledge, to meet the study
All in all, Autonomous Learning usually means the needs of the learners of relevant knowledge.
ability of a person who can make a self-conscious set C. The design of interactions
learning goals, make a study plan, choose the learning
The equations Interaction is the main characteristic of the
method, monitor the learning process and evaluate the result
network course, it is crucial to the teaching quality and

3. results. Interactive study is mainly manifested by the IV. THE SYSTEM DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
interaction between the learners and the learning A high quality network course is not a teacher or a
environment during the process of learning. computer technologist can finish, but in need of professional
(1) Provides a friendly interactive interface. The interface teachers, curriculum design experts and computer
is the interaction between the learners and the network technologists work together to complete. The professional
course, graphic display makes programming quick and teacher is mainly responsible for the selection and design of
simple. The human-machine interface design should stick to teaching content, teaching approaches of performance and
friendship, flexibility, safety, functionality, clearness and teaching methods, the curriculum design expert is mainly
correspondence to bring about a more desirable teaching responsible for the design of teaching strategy, interaction
result. and system scheme. is mainly responsible for the realization
(2) Provides a variety of interactions. The interactive of the technique, the system of debugging and
features of the system are mainly achieved by the implementation, etc.
environment of the friendly interface, guidance,
demonstration and animation. Interactive designs of the A. The model of Network Course system
system are to realize "human-machine" communication and The system development, utilizes the modular design and
"human - machine - human" communication. the concurrent design generally, enables the network
The " human-machine " communication is the interaction curriculum to have the relatively absolute construction
between learners and study resources, that is, the information module, and has the hierarchical, which is advantageous for
can be exchanged between the learner and the study the system updating and maintenance. The network
resources in the menu, buttons, options and learning curriculum system platform includes generally:
resources; the "human - machine - human" communication is (1) The study guidance system, gives the explicit
the interaction among learners or between learners and guidance information, guides the learner to carry on the
teacher, that is, learners can make use of the curriculum study according to the study goal, helps the study choice
forum, classroom QQ and the Q/A to carry on the study learning content, searches resources which needs;
exchange. (2) The intelligence learning system, includes the
D. The design of learning evaluation curriculum content, the expansion knowledge content, the
study tool and so on, the student can make their own choice
The learning evaluation and the teaching conformity is a according to their requirements, in order to meet the needs of
tendency of the teaching development, the learning students characteristic study;
evaluation is a very important module in the teaching design, (3) Learning instruction and communication systems,
it is advantageous to improve the quality of teaching and including course BBS, classroom QQ, message board with
learning, waken students learning interest. According to the mnemonic word online FAQ, etc, in order to satisfy the
teaching goal, the learning evaluation makes value learner exchanges and collaborative learning;
judgments according to the process and result of learning (4) Learning evaluation and feedback system, including
activities, provides scientific principles for the need of the student personal information, students' learning information,
learner to self-perfect and the need of the teacher to verify student assessment information, etc. Teachers can update the
the teaching strategies. The offer of learning environments studying contents and the network system according to the
from the network course will be evaluated by learners, network forming feedback and learning evaluation;
experts and teaching design experts, and they will propose (5) Resource management system, including learning
amendments and addenda to perfect and update the design of resource database, and dynamic database updates and
the network course. management.
The education contents include the appraisal of learners, System logic structure is shown in figure 2.The learners
teachers, teaching content and learning environments and login the network curriculum with their own account
services system, etc. The appraisal of students is the major numbers, according to their own study's need, with the help
content of the education system, which is primarily through of the study guidance, enters the intelligence learning system
online testing, the homework uploading and laboratory to carry on the study; According to the independent study's
reports uploading to make teachers realize information and demand, enters the study material gain which and the use in
problems of students about learning. The appraisal of the the study resources storehouse each database inquiry needs;
teacher is that the teacher evaluates the students' work and The system provides the exchange learning environment to
the opinion of the teacher from the students. carry on the online Q/A, classroom QQ, the message and
The course BBS and communication between teachers make the commentary and so on; The evaluation and
and students is the best feedback ways and collaborative feedback system provides online or offline examination,
learning platform, which realize the Autonomous Learning assignments, experimental preview, curriculum integrated
and cooperative learning, and can realize the teaching design etc, and feeds back the effect of learning in time, also
feedback and scientific evaluation. may record the basic information of learners, the study
record of learners, collects learners' opinion and the
suggestion, provides the reference for learner's study, the
curriculum system's renewal.

4. The Learners
Guidance and exchanges
.First page navigation . Course forum
The Network
.Teaching announcement . Class QQ
course
.Teaching help . Visitors
.Outside links, . Online faq
Intelligence learning system Evaluation and feedback systems
.Course knowledge learning . Student individual information
.Extension knowledge learning Resources . Student learning information
.Relevant knowledge information database . Student evaluation information
Figure 2 The network course system logic structure
The System design notices to the "self-organization" 1 Client can send the user requests to the Web server
concept, greatly satisfy learner autonomy learning needs. through Web browser.
The system assigns the strict jurisdiction for each learner, the 2 Web server can accept requests from the client,
learner may register the system from the onstage, complete create of the HTML code by using ASP technology, output
the corresponding study and the operation, and organize, the the processing result embedded in it and return to the client
spontaneous organization to their own study content and browser.
individual information, realizes individual information self- 3 Using the database servers to realize Web database
control function; The manager and the teacher who has the management, the server can take out the data from the
administration authority can register the system through the database to respond the onstage the request. System structure
backstage, examine and manage the file information of is shown in Figure 3, in the chart, “the backstage
learners, the information for the learner and the teacher, management maintenance” is to control the front desk and
update, organize and manage the system content. back-office operations, users can view, add, edit and remove
B. System realization technology data.
The system structure uses the Web browser, the Web
server and the database server of three B/S structures:
PC Client Web Server Database Backstage management
Acknowledge Server
Figure 3 The structure of B/S system
The system realize its function based on the development the picture source material and the curriculum symbol and so
technology of Web 2.0 and .Net, platform in information on.
resources sharing is provided by the Web 2.0 in order to 2 Backstage structures have a database construction
provide the better information sharing for the user, the better (SQL) and the of design page code, the mainly development
interface and a more convenient in operation. The design tools includes Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft SQL
cycle mainly includes three big directions, namely: the Server, the language of ASP, HTML and C# is used for
design of onstage, the construction of the backstage, testing coding the program to control the receptionist operation.
and debugging. Microsoft SQL Server realizes the backstage management
1 The onstage design mainly includes the main page, and the database connection, let the manager operate the
the sub-page and the content design. That is, collect the backstage database in the onstage, realize the revision, the
information and material of the curriculum to produce first user register registration, and so on; Microsoft SQL Server
interface of the system and the information of the sub-page, also can realize to insert the video and the animation in the
the home page must demonstrate the characteristics of homepage for browsing in the onstage, an interactive
curriculum, the content of module, the writing connection,

5. teaching platform is constituted by the fore-back ground (3) Strengthen the capacity of classroom teachers in the
design and management. literacy of information technology. In learning, the teacher is
3 Testing and debugging is mainly to test each teaching scene designer, cognitive strategy training and
functional module, confirm the function and the correctness learning objectives designer. Teachers must organize,
of the link, test the system integrity. At this stage, it needs maintain and update the network course, reorganize and
not only to test and debug the software system, but also to organize the learner information and other content according
seek the views of teachers and students in a certain range, to to the needs of students, the needs of teaching content,
revise and improve the software system, in order to achieve combining learners' feedback. Therefore, Teacher's
the purpose of development process, reduce the subsequent organization and guide ways have changed a lot, in order to
revision of the workload. meet the needs of competent modern teaching; the teacher
The related links of the fore-back ground and the must be life-long learning, master the theory of modern
multimedia transmission is the key technologies involved in education and modern educational technology, and must
the design development of the network course, if a page cooperate variously with the education technology teachers
gives a definition for the network course by using a great and computer technicians.
quantity video and Flash, the transmission speed will be
affected by the narrow bandwidth during transmission at the VI. CLOSING
present time, so the system design will adopt streaming The network autonomous learning is an important way of
media transmission, and it will greatly enhance the video college students' learning, which is a basic skill of lifelong
browsing and Flash presentation fluency. learning. By network learning, a habit of lifelong learning
The vivid expression of video, animation and sound is will be formed, a capacity is fostered to obtain knowledge,
used to improve teaching effect. Classroom video, interactive update their knowledge and innovation of knowledge by
communication, online consulting and testing provided by using modern information technology. With the globalization
system is the highlight of the course. The system utilizes of economic and the developed information technology
adequately net features such as real-time, vivid, alternately “Anyone who master the information, control the network
and image, to highlight the curriculum characteristic. will have the whole world” . However, the network learning
not only needs a good earning environment, but also needs
V. THE APPLICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE the innovative management system and evaluation system. A
SYSTEM more relaxed management system and more freedom should
The network curriculum is to provide a good learning be provided for the students, give affirmation and reasonable
environment for students, which not only require a system evaluation to students' network learning, so as to encourage
with security, stability, reliability and availability, but also the students using web-based autonomous learning, and
with real-time, interactive, dynamic and entertaining, so as to make the network course exert true effects.
really make the students learn tirelessly, to gain the
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