In the 1990s, the rapid rise of multimedia technology, vigorous development, ascendant, to the social production mode and people’s way of life, the way of work has brought great changes. The appearance of multimedia technology marks the beginning of a new revolution in science and technology.
Multimedia technology: Computer-based integration of multiple media technologies in order to broaden the way people interact with computers.
Multimedia technology composition: mainframe — central processing unit; Input devices — CD-ROM drive, scanner, mouse, keyboard, digital camera, digital video camera; Output equipment — projector, monitor, printer, recorder, speaker; Function card — sound card, network card, video capture card; Storage system — CD, U disk, hard disk, etc. Software — Audio playback, video playback, animation presentation, image processing, Information compression, media synthesis, etc.
Advantages of Using Multimedia Technology in Remote Learning
The application of multimedia technology in distance teaching can bring students a variety of sensory stimulation, which can deepen students’ memory, make students get more impressive information, more comprehensive knowledge, a more thorough understanding of the teaching content. At the same time, it can also transmit, query, extract and store data information in batch and quickly on the network, and show the information such as voice, image, graphics and animation so that students can receive education locally and avoid the suffering of fatigue of cars and horses.
Multimedia technology has a very strong interactive mode, through the network transmission of sound, high resolution of the moving picture, two-dimensional plane animation, three-dimensional animation, timely receive feedback information from students.
Principles in the Application of Multimedia Technology in Remote Learning
The principle of purpose: The teleological principle means that the use of multimedia teaching means must have a clear purpose. First of all, the teaching objectives should be practical. The ability required by the difficulty of the teaching content should be suitable for the current knowledge level of students, which is conducive to tapping students’ potential and stimulating their desire for knowledge. Secondly, the teaching process should focus on the teaching purpose, and all the designed teaching activities should contribute to the realization and completion of the teaching objectives.
The principle of optimization: The principle of optimization means that under the existing conditions, according to the needs of the teaching content, to maximize the use of multimedia equipment to achieve the optimal degree, so that the teaching process to receive the best results.
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Hello Jiahao
Thank you for sharing your educational philosophy on remote learning. Indeed, the rise of multimedia technology has brought great changes to people’s way of life, work and study. Remote learning, especially during the recent epidemic, has become an important way of learning. How to make good use of modern technology to promote the teaching effect of remote learning is indeed a hot topic recently. I quite agree with what you mentioned in your article that in remote education, it is more necessary to provide students with more comprehensive knowledge and more thorough teaching content. The use of multimedia technology can better enrich learning resources and learning experience, making the content of remote learning more inclusive and universal. In my opinion, in addition to enabling students to receive better education in remote learning, multimedia is more important for educators to make use of the interactivity of many media technologies to promote the communication between teachers and learners and provide them with more support in this special period.
Best,
Sheng Li
Hi Jiahao Yuan,
Hope you are doing good. I really liked your post about the usefulness of multimedia technology in remote learning. By using a variety of multimedia resources, the process of teaching and learning can become more engaging and delightful. You have provided a very meaningful insight regarding the ‘Principles in the Application of Multimedia Technology in Remote Learning’ that gives a clear sense of direction and purpose to the educators while incorporating any multimedia tool in their remote classroom.
Warm Regards,
Swanshi