This document discusses multimedia and its educational implications. Multimedia is content that uses a combination of media like text, audio, images, video and interactive content. It can be recorded, displayed or interacted with using electronic devices. There are several multimedia packages including text, graphics, audio, video, animation and interactive content. The educational implications of multimedia include deeper understanding, improved problem solving, increased positive emotions and access to a vast variety of information. It also allows students to explore places virtually. Easy ways to use technology in the classroom include virtual field trips using apps, using videos for mini-lessons, and adding multimedia elements to presentations. Learning management systems and online assessment tools are also discussed.

1. K.SATHISH KUMAR
2017741006
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY
KARAIKUDI
INTRODUCTION
 Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different content forms such as text,
audio, images, animations, video and interactive content.
 Multimedia can be recorded and played, displayed, interacted with or accessed by
information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but
can also be part of a live performance.
 Multimedia devices are electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia
content.
MEANING
 F r o m the words ‘multi’and ‘media/medium’
 M u l t i – refers to many ormultiple
 Media/medium – is a tool, vehicle oragent to present or convey something
 Multimedia is all about communicatingin several ways
MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES
 Text
 Graphic
 Audio
 Video
 Animation
 Interactive
USAGE EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIMEDIA:
1. Deeper understanding
• According to research, a benefit of multimedia learning is that it takes advantage of the
brain's ability to make connections between verbal and visual representations of content,
leading to a deeper understanding, which in turn supports the transfer of learning to other
situations.

2. 2. Improved problem solving
• A large percentage of the human brain dedicates itself to visual processing. Thus, using
images, video and animations alongside a text stimulates the brain. Student attention and
retention increase. Under these circumstances, in a multimedia learning environment,
students can identify and solve problems more easily compared to the scenario where
teaching is made possible only by textbooks.
3. Increased positive emotions
• According to psychologist Barbara Fredrickson, experiencing positive emotions makes
people see more possibilities in their lives. Using multimedia during instructions impacts
student's mood during the learning process. With a positive attitude they learn better and
tend to be more proactive.
4. Access to a vast variety of information
• With computers, tablets, smart phones and the internet, students are today better equipped
than ever to search and find the information they need. A study revealed that 95% of
students who have access to internet, use it to search for online information. Sharing the
information and participating in class discussions is done in a more confident way when
access to information is as easy as today.
5. World exploration
• There is no surprise here. With the help of multimedia children can explore and learn
about places they would never been to. In a geography class, students can explore
different cities of the world, the tallest mountains and the most dangerous jungles. In a
science class, space and planets exploration is now possible. In a biology class, the
dissection of rare animals and different habitats exploration are like a walk in a park for
students benefiting of a multimedia learning environment.
Easy Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom:
1. Run a Virtual Field Trip
 If a location is out of reach due to logistical issues, you can simulate a virtual trip by
buying Google Cardboard for less than $15.
 There are apps you can use to explore famous buildings, such as the Empire State
Building, and natural phenomena,
2. Quiet a Noisy Classroom
 To make it easier to give lessons and presentations, use a tool that tracks and displays
classroom noise.
3. Use Videos for Mini-Lessons
 You can bolster your lesson plans by using videos as stand-alone overviews for some
topics.
 Also available as skill reviews and previews, there are many websites that host teacher-
made video content.
 TeacherTube is an example of an education-only version of YouTube, covering core
school subjects.

3. 4. Co-ordinate Live Video
 You don’t have to limit yourself to pre-recorded videos, as conferencing technology can
allow subject matter experts to deliver lessons.
 Whether it’s a contact from another school or a seasoned lecturer you reach out to,
bringing an expert into your classroom will expose your students to new ideas and can
lighten your workload
5. Add Multimedia Elements to Presentations
 Whereas slideshow presentations entirely made up of text can disengage students, ones
with multimedia elements can effectively hold their attention by varying content delivery.
when applicable, try to include:
• Images
• Graphs
• Pictographs
• Podcast clips
• Sound effects
• Short video lessons
• News, movie and television show clips
Free Online Journal and Research Databases
1. CORE
2. ELSEVIER
3. SAGE
4. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research –IJSER
5. ScienceOpen
6. Directory of Open Access Journals
7. Emerald
8. Shodhganga
9. Researchgate
10. SCI journal
11. Google scholar
12. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
13. arXiv e-Print Archive
14. Social Science Research Network
15. Public Library of Science
16. OpenDOAR
17. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
18. Digital Library of the Commons Repository(DLC)
19. CIA World Factbook
20. Semantic Scholar
Web content

4.  Web content is the textual, visual, or aural content that is encountered as part of the user
experience on websites. It may include—among other things—text, images, sounds,
videos, and animations.
 This may include documents, data, applications, e-services, images, audio and video files,
personal Web pages, archived e-mail messages, and more
Education websites for teaching- learning: MOOCs and Free Online Courses
1. Academic Earth: academicearth.org
 The website gives huge array of academic options to student from traditional to
contemporary studies.
2. Coursera: courser.org
 The moment a student opens this website, he is bound to get sucked into the number of
courses available in his topic of interest.
 It is a user-friendly website.
3. Brightstorm: brightstorm.com
 High school scholars can use this site for reference, rather an interactive reference
website, which will mitigate their learning problems.
4. Futures Channel: thefutureschannel.com
 This is not just an online portal, but an educational channel for the learners. Unlike other
websites, it only represents the significant data catering the problems faced by students.
5. Swayam Courses: swayam courses .com
6. Internet Archive: archive.org
7. Big Think: bigthink.com
8. EdX: edx.org
Use Web Resources for Teaching
 The web is brimming with useful resources that can enhance an educator’s teaching
experience
1.Identify websites made for teachers.
 Become familiar with the various types of websites that are specifically designed to
support classroom teachers and instruction. Do an online search for things such as lesson
plans, exercises, quizzes, handouts, or posters
 There are some teaching websites dedicated to specific subjects, like the National Science
2. Find web resources for a particular lesson or curriculum.
 The internet is overly rich in both resources and distractions, so it’s often best to gear
your online searches towards a specific lesson plan.
3. Track down additional support materials online.
 Once you have an idea of what you’d like to cover, try searching non-teaching-related
websites for any additional materials that could contribute to your lesson. Public and
education-oriented organizations like museums, libraries, universities, non-profits, and
government agencies if you’re teaching about astronomy, use NASA’s archive of images
from the Hubble Space Telescope.

5. Learning management system (LMS)
 A (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking,
reporting and delivery of educational courses or training programs or learning and
development programs. The learning management system concept emerged directly from
e-Learning.
Purpose
 An LMS delivers and manages all types of content, including video, courses, and
documents. In the education and higher education markets, an LMS will include a variety
of functionality
Advantages
 Interoperability, accessibility, reusability, durability, maintenance ability and
adaptability.
 An LMS supports content in various formats: text, video, audio, etc.
 One can access materials anytime, from everywhere, teachers can modify the content,
and students can see the updated material.
 The evaluation of students is easier and fair, based on student attendance and online
quizzes. Students and teachers can re-use the material every time they need.
Disadvantages
 Implementing LMS requires a well-built technology infrastructure. Teachers have to be
willing to adapt their curricula from face to face lectures to online lectures.
 Sometimes schools don't have the appropriate infrastructure to develop LMS, so it might
be difficult to them to operate in this environment and adopt their curricula.
 Some current research suggests that online teaching leads to an increase in teacher
workload
Online assessment and tracking student’s attendance
 LMS can enable teachers to create customized tests for students, accessible and submitted
online. Platforms allow different multiple question types like, one/multi-line answer,
multiple choice answer, drag-and-drop order, essay, true or false/yes or no, fill in the
gaps, agreement scale, and offline tasks. Through Attendance Manager, teachers view
attendance and record whether each student attended, arrived late, or missed classes and
events.
Communicate using the internet:
 Internet users are able to communicate with each other from all around the world
instantaneously. With the necessary tools, users can share photos, send virtual birthday
and Christmas cards and develop better relationships with family and friends.
Audio Conferencing
 Audio conferencing is a connection between two computers that requires participants to
have a microphone and speakers.
Video Conferencing
 Video conferencing works much like audio conferencing. The differences are that the
users are able to see each other

6. Interpersonal Communication through the Internet:
 Internet users are able to communicate with each other from all around the world
instantaneously. With the necessary tools, users can share photos, send virtual birthday
and Christmas cards and develop better relationships with family and friends.
Email
 A shortened form of "electronic mail," an email works much like traditional mail in that
messages are still sent by one person, received and sometimes saved by another, but the
process is instantaneous.
Instant Messaging
 An instant message, or IM, is the process of sending real-time messages from one user to
another.
Web Forums
 A forum is a part of a website that allows for group discussion. Members have the ability
to start a discussion and read and reply to other ones.
Chat Room
 A chat room is an "area" on the Internet where groups of people come together to
communicate. A user types a message that is seen by all other users currently online in
the same "room." Users can see a list of all other users online.
Social Networking
 Social networking allows members to reconnect with old friends, make new friends and
come together with members of similar interests. A user creates a profile and is granted
access to the site where he can view other user profiles and connect with them. Popular
social networking sites include Myspace, Facebook and Twitter.
Blog
 A blog is an online journal, or diary, of an individual. Typically written by one person, a
blog can be used to tell about an individual's life, to promote products, provide
information, make political statements and give tutorials
Mobile phones .
 Cell phones are generally not designed to allow you to have direct access to their internal
memory, but behind the scenes, nearly all cell phones organize their data in the same file
and folder structure used on computers. Customized software for your cell phone will
allow you to browse and access these files, but this software varies by the kind of cell
phone you use, the carrier for your cell phone network and the applications you are using
on your phone.
CONCLUSION:
 In recent years, the Internet has grown tremendously, with more and more people
jumping onto the Internet and Multimedia highway.
 This has not only caused bandwidth to be a much sought after commodity, but has also
changed the whole persona of the Internet.
 Applications such as video conferencing, virtual meeting rooms and virtual white boards,
are revolutionizing the use of the Internet.