Presents a decision model for multimedia design that includes eight components: needs and goals, learner characteristics, topics/tasks, objectives, performance assessment, instructional activities, media/delivery systems, and resources. A checklist for multimedia design and a project task timeline are included. Potential impacts of multimedia on…

Discusses design objectives for a project under development at Cornell University that will marry high-bandwidth networking to digital hypermedia databases to permit engineering students at distant sites on a single campus to work together concurrently and to improve the quality of engineering education. Pedagogical and technical concerns are also…

Explains flexible cognition theory and the use of hypertext to encourage multiple representations. Describes a prototypical hypertext/multimedia computer program using flexible cognition to help learners apply principles, interpret relationships, state inferences, test hypotheses, and formulate conclusions. (SK)

Describes the use of DVI (Digital Video Interactive) multimedia training systems at Bethlehem Steel. Benefits of multimedia-based training, employee acceptance, advantages of DVI technology, and a recent project using this technology are discussed. A list of seven suggested readings is included. (MES)

Presents results of CAMCE (Computer-Aided Multimedia Courseware Engineering) project research concerned with definition of a methodology to describe a systematic approach for multimedia courseware development. Discussion covers the CAMCE methodology, requirements of an advanced authoring environment, use of an object-based model in the CAMCE…

Assisted by a state grant, teachers and students at a rural Wyoming elementary school are using a laser disc portfolio assessment system. Recognizing that child development requires more than cognitive growth, students, staff, and parents will use the new system to determine children's growth in verbal ability, physical accomplishment, artistic…

Reviews current technologies and applications for training: networks, electronic mail, groupware, decision software, CD-ROM, chat, videoconferencing, smartforms, and multimedia. (SK)

This list gives information about producers and distributors of multicultural multimedia educational materials and emphasizes sources of independent and less well-known productions. Forty-eight sources are listed. (SLD)

Discusses what multimedia is, why it is needed, and presents an overview of choices available to educators interested in using multimedia technology. Highlights include instructional effectiveness; economic factors in a global marketplace; developers versus viewers of multimedia technology; and the costs and technologies associated with various…

Discusses projects developed by the European Community that promote transnational training for technology involving cooperation between universities and industry; describes the Multimedia Teleschool for European Personnel Development, which uses distance learning for corporate training; and considers the complementarity between programs. (10…

Describes a multimedia CD-ROM yearbook project which combines words, sounds, and images to interpret meaning. (MG)

Describes the WorldClass Network, a fully interactive, inexpensive two-way distance-learning education program developed at the University of Minho (Portugal). The system is based on interactive broadcasting technology that links live television video with the instantaneous distribution of multimedia information through an integration of…

A British project is supporting open learning using computer-based materials to improve access to a return-to-study program for adults. In addition to multimedia, support is provided in the form of group study sessions, phone contact with tutors and mentors, and a supplementary workbook. (SK)

This introductory article discusses technology-mediated education and instruction by exploring professional issues and distance education courses. It also summarizes the articles that follow on multimedia and distance learning technologies, a successful faculty technology training effort, and a technology effort to deliver courses off-campus. (CR)

Explores the use of video-based multimedia simulations for teaching functional skills to persons with developmental disabilities and discusses future considerations, design issues, and implications. Considerations address the importance of appropriate role modeling and the combination of video-based simulation and in vivo training to foster…