Interactive Multimedia In Education And Training

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Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training emerges out of the need to share information and knowledge on the research and practices of using multimedia in various educational settings. The book discusses issues related to planning, designing and development of interactive multimedia in a persuasive tone and style, offering rich research data. Roles and application of multimedia in different education and training contexts are highlighted, as are case studies of multimedia development and use, including areas such as language learning, cartography, engineering education, health sciences, and others. Authors of various chapters report on their experiences of designing multimedia materials that are pedagogically appropriate and suitable to the cognitive abilities of the target groups.

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Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training Sanjaya Mishra Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Ramesh C. Sharma Indira Gandhi National Open University, India IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore Acquisitions Editor: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Development Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Jan Travers Amanda Appicello Michele Rossi Lori Eby Amanda Appicello Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Idea Group Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.idea-group.com and in the United Kingdom by Idea Group Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 3313 Web site: http://www.eurospan.co.uk Copyright © 2005 by Idea Group Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Interactive multimedia in education and training / Sanjaya Mishra, Ramesh C. Sharma, Editors. p. cm. ISBN 1-59140-393-6 -- ISBN 1-59140-394-4 -- ISBN 1-59140-395-2 1. Interactive multimedia. I. Mishra, Sanjaya. II. Sharma, Ramesh C. QA76.76.I59I5816 2004 006.7--dc22 2004003752 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher. Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training Table of Contents Preface ............................................................................................................. vi Sanjaya Mishra, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Ramesh C. Sharma, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Part I: Planning and Design Considerations Chapter I Planning for Multimedia Learning ............................................................... 1 Patrick J. Fahy, Athabasca University, Canada Chapter II Toward Effective Use of Multimedia Technologies in Education ........ 25 Geraldine Torrisi-Steele, Griffith University, Australia Chapter III Interactive Multimedia for Learning and Performance .......................... 47 Ashok Banerji, Monisha Electronic Education Trust, India Glenda Rose Scales, Virginia Tech, USA Chapter IV Teaching, Learning and Multimedia .......................................................... 60 Loreen Marie Butcher-Powell, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA Chapter V Reaching Students of Many Languages and Cultures: Strateg