Multimedia Technology In Education

1. What is multimedia?

1.1. It is the use of a computer to present and combine text, graphics, audio, and video with links and tools in order to let the user to navigate, interact, create, and communicate.

2. Hardware

2.1. Computer

2.2. Camera

2.2.1. 1)Still

2.2.2. 2) Video

2.3. Audio

2.3.1. 1) Microphone

2.3.2. 2) Speaker

2.4. Projector

3. Software

3.1. Text

3.2. Graphic

3.3. Video

3.4. Audio

3.5. Animation

3.6. Interactive

4. Elements

4.1. Text

4.2. Graphics

4.3. Animation

4.4. Audio

4.5. Video

5. Disadvantages

5.1. 1) Classroom management becomes slightly difficult

5.2. 2) Students are distracted from their initial purpose of learning

5.3. 3) Students might be disconnecting themselves from social interactions with people around them

6. Challenges

6.1. 1) Not everyone has technology at home

6.2. 2) Tensions between students and teachers

6.3. 3) Teachers believe in traditional ways of teaching

6.4. 4) Lack of ICT facilities

7. Advantages

7.1. 1) Enhance the understanding of the lesson

7.2. 2) Problem solving can be improved

7.3. 3) Access to a variety of information

7.4. 4) Provides high quality of presentations either from the students or the educators

7.5. 5) Allows teacher to experiment more in their method of teachings

8. Future

8.1. 1) Students should be able to respond to the lesson introduced to them quickly

8.2. 2) Students short attention span increased.

8.3. 3) Students can improve their understanding and help improving their multimedia technology skills.

8.4. 4) Teachers should learn more about multimedia technology to be taught to their students

9. Links

9.1. https://tophat.com/blog/6-pros-cons-technology-classroom/

9.2. https://theconversation.com/ten-reasons-teachers-can-struggle-to-use-technology-in-the-classroom-101114

9.3. https://www.essay.uk.com/free-essays/information-technology/application-multimedia-education.php