MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
by athirah tuan
1. Advantages
1.1. 1) Creativity
1.2. 2) Variety
1.3. 3) Cost-effective
1.4. 4) Evaluation
1.5. 5) Realistic Approach
1.6. 6) Wide Variety of Support
1.7. 7) Trendy
2. Disadvantages
2.1. 1) Accessibility
2.2. 2) Distracting
2.3. 3) Costly
2.4. 4) Time Consuming
2.5. 5) Requires Mastery
2.6. 6) Limited Support/ Compatibility
2.7. 7) Fragile
3. Challenges in Implementation
3.1. 1) Professional development
3.2. 2) Resistance to change
3.3. 3) MOOCs (massive open online course) and other new models for schooling
3.4. 4) Delivering informal learning
3.5. 5) Failures of personalized learning
3.6. 6) Failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments
4. The FUTURE
4.1. As the sciences and technology are developing rapidly; it also can effect the multimedia technology in education such:
4.1.1. Mastering basic skills of a student by means of drill and practice.
4.1.2. Helps in problem solving in learning by doing it themselves and understanding better in abstract concepts
4.1.3. Provide enhanced access for teachers and students in remote locations
4.1.4. Facilitate individualized and cooperative learning
4.1.5. Helps in management and administration of classroom activities and multiple types of learning content
4.1.6. Stimulate real life problem handling environments
5. Hardware
5.1. a) The processing unit (Central Processing Unit - CPU)
5.2. b) The memory
5.3. c) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Device
5.4. d) Graphics Card and Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
5.5. e) Hard drive
5.6. f) Monitor
5.7. g) External storage and optical device
6. Multimedia Elements
6.1. There are 5 multimedia elements
6.1.1. text
6.1.2. image
6.1.3. audio
6.1.4. video
6.1.5. animation