WRET3312

Multimedia In Education

Mohamad Nizam Hj Ayub

http://fsktm.um.edu.my/~nizam/wret3312.htm
nizam_ayub@um.edu.my
Room :BD22
 Class
• Tuesday, 9:00-9:50
– DK1

• Thursday, 8:00- 9:50

– DK1
 References
• M.D. Roblyer, Jack Edwards. “Integrating Educational
Technology into Teaching”, Prentice Hall, 2000
• Diana Laurillard, “Rethinking University Teaching”,
RouteledgeFalmer, 2002
• Abdul Motaleb El Saddik, “Interactive Multimedia
Learning”, Springer, 2001
• Paul F. Merill, Kathy Hammons, Bret R Vincent, Peter L.
Reynolds, Larry Christensen, Marvin N. Tolman,
“Computers in Education”, Allyn and Bacon, 1996
• Colin Latchem, John Williamson, Lexie Henderson-Lancett,
“Interactive Multimedia”, Kogan Page, 1993
• Final Exam 50%
• Project and Test 50%
– Test : 10%
– Project 1 : 20%
– Project 2 : 20%
 Integrating Educational
Technology into Teaching

Chapter 1
Educational Technology
in Context: The Big
Picture
By
M. D. Roblyer
What You Need to Know
Definition of Integrating
Educational Technology

The process of
determining which
electronic tools and
which methods for
implementing them
are appropriate for
given classroom
situations and
problems.
Develop a Philosophy

A personal
perspective on the
current and future
role of technology in
education
Purchase Products

Become informed,
knowledgeable
consumers of
technology
products and select
wisely among
available
alternatives
Identify Problems

Discriminate
between problems
that you can
correct and those
that will require
outside help
Speak the Language

Knowledge of
terms and
concepts allow
you to exchange
information and
ask informed
questions
See Where Technology Fits

Identify specific teaching & learning

problems which technology can help
address and how it can create learning
opportunities that did not exist.
Views of Technology in
Education
 Media & Audiovisual

Instructional
use of
technology as
a device that
carries
messages
Instructional Systems

A systematic
approach to
designing,
developing, and
delivering
instruction
matched to
identified needs
Vocational Training Tools

Practical means
of teaching
content by
directly relating
it to the world
of work
Computer-Based Systems

The use of
computers &
computer-based
systems to deliver
and manage all
instruction
Combined Approach Based
on Instructional Needs
 History of Educational
Computing

• Mainframe/Mini Systems: 1950-1970s

• Microcomputers: 1977-Today
• Integrated Learning Systems: 1990s –Today
• Internet & WWW: 1995-Today
Mainframe/Mini
Systems

• IBM 1500

• Computer Curriculum
Corporation

• Control Data
Corporation
Microcomputer
Revolution

• MECC

• Courseware
Authoring

• Logo
Integrated Learning
Systems

• NCS Learn
• Compass Learning
World Wide Web

• On-Line
Resources
• Distance
Education
 What History Has
Taught Us

• Possible doesn't equal desirable,

feasible, or inevitable.
• Change is too fast to keep up with
• Older technologies can be useful
• Teachers always will be important
 What History Has
Taught Us

• Technology not a panacea

• Literacy offers limited rationale

• Benefits & limitations of system
configurations
• Teachers are not developers
 Rationale for
Technology Use
• Motivational
• Unique Instructional Capabilities
• Support for New Instructional
Approaches
• Increased Teacher Productivity
• Required Skills for an Information
Age
Motivation

• Gaining learner attention

• Engaging the learner
through production work
• Increasing perception of
control
Unique Instructional
Capabilities
• Linking learners to
information & education
resources
• Help learners visualize
problems and solutions
• Tracking learner progress
• Linking learners to
learning tools
 Support for New
Instructional Approaches

• Cooperative learning
• Shared intelligence
• Problem-solving and
higher-level skills
 Increased Teacher
Productivity

• Freeing time to work with students

• Providing fast, accurate information
• Production of better looking materials
Information Age Skills

• Technology literacy
• Information literacy
• Visual literacy
Issues in Education
and Technology

• Societal
• Cultural/Equity
• Educational
• Technical
Societal

• Pro-technology
Movements
• Anti-technology
Movements
• Socialization
Needs
• Online Dangers
• New Plagiarism
Cultural & Ethnic
Inequity

• Economic & Ethnic

• Multicultural

• Gender

• Special Needs
Educational

• Directed vs.
Constructivist
Debate
• Single-subject vs.
Interdisciplinary
Instruction
• Role of Distance
Learning
Technical

• Rapid Change

• Increased
Complexity