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If approached correctly, multimedia technology can provide enormous benefits to education, especially higher education. Before elaborating on that statement, we should have a working definition of the term “multimedia.” Literally, of course, it means communication using more than one medium. For our purposes, the term implies a computer-based device which, in addition to a textual display, typically has a graphics capability, voice and music output and a live video display. An application programmed for such a system can orchestrate the invocation of each of these media at the appropriate time. Very effective presentations can be produced which include animated sequences, sound and text. Programs written for the Macintosh under HyperCard exemplify such applications.
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Phillips, R.L. (1992). Opportunities for Multimedia in Education. In: Cunningham, S., Hubbold, R.J. (eds) Interactive Learning Through Visualization. IFIP Series on Computer Graphics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77263-4_3
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