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Designing Multimedia Environments (Week 8- 16.04.2020)

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Designi ng Multimedia Environments Multimedia   has   been   widely   used   in   education   and it   plays   a   very   important   role   in   assisting    students    in    learning    processes.    There are researches concluding that multimedia  enhance  learning and  enable  students  to  learn in a more effective way. Multimedia environment is a concept about displaying text, image, graphic, drawing, sound, video and animations on a computer, storing files, forwarding from computer network and processing them numerically. Text, sound and image are the components of multimedia. Multimedia  environ...

Multimedia Design in Distance Education & mobile Learning & Social Media (Week 7- 09.04.2020)

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Multimedia Design in Distance Education & Mobile Learning & Social Media First of all let’s check what is ‘Distance Learning or Distance Education’ ? It can be any form of remote education where the student is not physically present for the lesson   and now it is spreading because of the pandemic and of course the power of the Internet. ·       Advantages of Distance Education Time Saving - Studying from anywhere  - Comfort Level  (Distance Education offers a person the Comfort Level which one cannot get otherwise) –   The Flexibility - Cost Factor  - Easy Availability  - Technological Facilitation  - Beneficial for Slow Learners   The teacher has significant roles in Distance Education. The instructor should design the course and guide the students as well as promoting students’ self regulation competencies. Distance Learning Media There are several learning (and teaching) options onlin...

Web Tools: (Assesment, Evaluation and Gamification Tools) (Week 6 - 02.04.2020)

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Assesment, Evaluation and Gamification Tools T he purpose  of  assessment  is to gather relevant information about student performance or progress, or to determine student interests to make judgments about  their  learning process. There are three types of assesment 1. Assesment for learning (Formative Assessment): It does not add to the final marks given for the unit; instead, it put into learning through given advice. Also, it points out what is good about the work and what is not? 2.Assesment of learning (Summative Assessment) It shows the amount of learners’ success in meeting the assessment. Also, it contributes to the final marks given for the unit. These are conducted at the end of units. In Addition, it provides data for selection for the next level. 3.Assesment as learning This type of assesment supports students’ metacognitive skills and help students to become lifelong learners. Students’ prior knowlegde should be used for new le...

Web Tools: Video Animation and Sound (Week 5- 26.03.2020)

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Animation Animation  is the process of designing, drawing, making layouts and preparation of photographic sequences which are integrated in the multimedia and gaming products.  Types of Animation ·     Computer based animation is on animation performed by a computer using graphical tools to provide visual effects.Stop motion animation (Claymation, Cut-outs) ·    2D animation stands for the two-dimensional animation, meaning that characters and backgrounds in this kind of projects are created in the two-dimensional, flat space. It's widely  used for creating animated movies, cartoons, marketing videos, advertisements, educational materials, games, and so much more.  · 3D animation. Animating objects that appear in a three-dimensional space. They can be rotated and moved like real objects. 3D animation is at the heart of games and virtual reality, but it may a...