April 2002 — Features

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Digital Multimedia & Distance Education: Can They Effectively Be Combined?

By Drew Tiene, Kent State University

Such distributive learning systems will surely improve as the delivery software develops, the capability of the hardware advances and the bandwidth of our telecommunications systems increases. The future looks promising for distance education systems that incorporate digitized multimedia lessons.

References

Lister, B., M. Danchak, K. Scalso, W. Jennings and J. Wilson. 1999. "The Rensselaer 80/20 Model for Interactive Distance Learning." Paper presented at EDUCAUSE, Long Beach, Calif.

Muldner, T. 1997. "Experience From the Design of an Authoring Environment." Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia 6 (1): 115-32.

Sellen, A. 1995. "Remote Conversations: The Effects of Mediating Talk With Technology." Human-Computer Interaction 10 (4): 401-44.

Soo, Keng-Soon and C. Bonk. 1998. "Interaction: What D'es It Mean in Online Distance Education?" Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Telecommunications, Freiburg, Germany.

Veerman, A., J. Andriessen and G. Kanselaar. 2000. "Learning Through Synchronous Electronic Discussion." Computers & Education 34 (3-4): 269-90.

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