Multimedia Technology In Education
by Afiqah Syakirah Mat Radzi
1. Advantages
1.1. Cultivate students’ interest in learning.
1.2. Promote students' communication capacity
1.3. Improve interaction between students and teacher.
1.4. Improve teaching effect.
1.5. Provide flexibility to course content.
2. Disadvantages
2.1. Teacher become too dependent on multimedia technology.
2.2. Loss of speaking communication.
2.3. Restiction on the students' thinking potentials.
2.4. Abstract thinking replaced by imaginable thinking.
3. Challenges
3.1. Inadequate support or funding
3.2. Teachers resistance to change.
3.3. Lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers
3.4. Failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.
4. Future
4.1. e-Book
4.2. The usage of e-learning and Internet will be more significant
5. Hardwares
5.1. Laptop/ Computer
5.2. CD/DVD player
5.3. Thumb-drive/ USB drive
5.4. Audio equipments
5.5. Microphone
6. Multimedia Elements
6.1. Static
6.1.1. Text
6.1.2. Graphic
6.2. Dynamic
6.2.1. Animation
6.2.2. Video
6.2.3. Audio