LESSON NINE

MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT TOOLS FOR ONLINE INSTRUCTION

Lessons posted on the web can take advantage of a increasing range of multimedia options. Explore some of these options in this lesson.

Lesson Objectives
- To explore how to enhance online instruction with multimedia support tools.
- To explore instructional video technologies and the complementary role online interaction can offer.

Facilitating Optimization of the Educational Experience
The availability of a wide range of multimedia tool makes it possible to greatly enhance a given classroom presentation.

Non-Internet Multimedia Options
The role of video tapes, software, and CD ROM in an online course is discussed in this section.

Television Options
The role of satellites, cable, and compressed video is discussed in this section.

Internet Multimedia Trends
More and more exciting educational capabilities and products will become available. some are described here.

Activity

Skill Builders

Checklist
I CAN
- understand the basics of the various multimedia support options for enhancing a text-based online class.
- understand the various video delivery options
- appreciate the fact that new modes of interactive video and multimedia will soon have a widespread impact on education and society as a whole.