Lesson 7: Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

Lesson 10: Basic Web Page Creation

Interactive Multimedia
- products and services on computer-based systems that responds to the user's actions

Multimedia Content

1.Videos

2. Sound, Music, or Audio

3. Online games

4. Online tests

5. Courseware

6. Podcasts

7. Vodcasts

Potential of multimedia in education:

1. Fast
2. Cheap
3. Consistent
4. Private
5. Safe
6. Personal
7. Strong Foundation
8. Tool to make remember longer, easier.
9. More information faster
10. Fun

Impact of multimedia in education:

1. Change in student and teacher roles
2. Increased motivation and self-esteem
3. Technical skills
4. Accomplishment of more complex tasks
5. More collaboration with peers
6. Increased use of outside resources
7. Improved design skills

When to use interactive multimedia:

1. Lecture/presentation
2. Collaborative learning
3. Individualized lessons
4. Creating reports or presentation
5. Assessment

Pros of interactive multimedia:

1. Ability to change outcomes based on input
2. The learning style is individual and exclusive
3. Learners take more productive role

Cons of interactive multimedia:

1. Using instructional technologies requires a great quantity of resources
2. Learner control problems

Summary
Interactive multimedia is very useful. Each kind of multimedia content has its own purpose to serve our wants and needs, but this is not only applicable in our casual day-to-day life, we can also use Interactive multimedia for education. With the use of interactive multimedia, the activities, tasks, projects that teachers require to accomplish, the students can now finish efficiently and effectively. It also allows us to be more creative in our works and do certain things that are way too complex to be done without it. Therefore it is essential for students to understand and learn the use of interactive multimedia because this will help them not only in school but also anywhere else when they need it.