Towards a Seamless Provision of Multimedia Course Material

• Autores: Ian D. Benest
• Localización: Innovations in education and teaching international, ISSN 1470-3297, Vol. 37, Nº 4, 2000, págs. 323-334
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper describes the functionality and user-interface issues associated with the design of an automated system that provides a visually based online index to multimedia information. This generic software has been used to provide 'one-stop'access to a substantial corpus of teaching material required by students undertaking one module of an engineering degree. In particular the paper addresses the metaphorical access to and provision of teaching material, non-linear access to that material, user-interface issues that interfere with the learning process, and the multifarious nature of the material needed for such courses. It concludes that there is a need for a hypermedia system that presents an integrated view of the material with graceful navigational dynamics. It should enable the student to organize interrelationships between that material according to need, while retaining the 'published' structure.