Addresses common questions regarding the use of technology in the classroom, highlights some of the technologies currently being used in classrooms, clarifies some associated terms, and provides some suggestions on how to get started. (SR)

Some San Diego teachers created the Montgomery Media Institute to tap the varied talents of young people attending area high schools and junior high schools. Featuring courses in video programming and production, photography, and journalism, this program engages students' interest while introducing them to fields with current employment…

Discusses computer multimedia programs and their use as a teaching tool. They allow students to see, hear, and use the content learned. Describes how computer multimedia can be used in the classroom and challenges teachers to retool their computers for this innovation. (JOW)

Potential problems in transferring technology from an idea to a product used by an organization occur in the areas of sponsorship, organization, and timing. Strategies for overcoming barriers include cultivating support, planning, education, cost-benefit analysis, understanding organizational structure, facilitating change, being sensitive to the…

Discusses design, technology, human, vendor, and cost factors to be considered in choosing a multimedia instruction system for widespread adoption. A checklist of criteria in these areas is included. (MES)

Begins by discussing what interactive multimedia (IMM) is, why it is used, and how it should be evaluated. A pragmatic approach to evaluation is advocated, and a framework for formative evaluation is proposed, which focuses on formative experimentation. The educational goals of IMM technology and methods of formative experimentation are detailed.…

Presents results of five tests examining usability and instructional capabilities of hypermedia and multimedia. Demonstrates that most students (mechanical and manufacturing engineering majors) learn less easily in a hypermedia/hypertext environment than in a linear digital environment. (SR)

Five key changes have taken place in distance education: (1) shift from multimedia-based to online education; (2) shift from transmission to constructivist models; (3) growing acceptance and expansion of distance education; (4) distance methods adapted across education; and (5) evolution from modernist/bureaucratic forms to postmodern, focusing on…

Discussion of multimedia instructional materials focuses on the development of KARMA (Knowledge Acquisition Reference Multimedia Aid) to help students learn about the expert system, development process. Highlights include knowledge acquisition in expert systems development, interviewing methods to obtain experts' knowledge, models and examples,…

Describes how students at Lumberton, North Carolina, High School have taken advantage of the offerings of the Virtual High School (a growing consortium of 30 schools) in which course content is offered through the Internet, teacher-designed labs, and multimedia. Notes that time, distance, funding, or teaching staff no longer restrict student…

Describes the use of interactive whiteboards, a new type of instructional presentation technology that allows users to control computer applications from the board. Highlights include vendors; multimedia online instruction; rear-projection models; examples of classroom uses; contests and opportunities for schools to obtain interactive whiteboards;…

The case of a virtual education business that expanded through creation of customer value in strategic partnerships yields two key points for the future of multimedia businesses. Ability to incorporate new business styles and innovative leadership that harmonizes the philosophies of various partner companies were factors in success. (SK)

Junior baccalaureate nursing students learned oral medication administration either via lecture/videotape (n=24) or multimedia CD-ROM (n=25). There were no differences in computer skills or education level, but the multimedia group had higher satisfaction and greater cognitive gains. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Background: Recent research on the influence of presentation format on the effectiveness of multimedia instructions has yielded some interesting results. According to cognitive load theory (Sweller, Van Merri?nboer, & Paas, 1998) and Mayer's theory of multimedia learning (Mayer, 2001), replacing visual text with spoken text (the modality…

In the education world, it is widely accepted that language learning is one of the pioneering disciplines in the application and use of the information and communication technologies, initially preceded by the widespread use of audiovisual resources which, finally integrated in the digital space, bring about the use of multimedia. Additionally,…