Teaching with Multimedia and Hypermedia Tools

Module 6: Multimedia/Hypermedia in Teaching and Learning

Audio Video Interleave format - AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback.

Avatars - an icon or figure representing a particular person in a computer game, Internet forum, etc.

Electronic Slide Shows - is a presentation of a series of still images on a projection screen or electronic display device, typically in a prearranged sequence. ... When referring to the video or computer-based visual equivalent, in which the slides are not individual physical objects, the term is often written as one word, slideshow.

Extensible Mark-up Language - is a mark-up language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.

Full Immersion Systems - into virtual reality is a perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the user of the VR system in images, sound or other stimuli that provide an engrossing total environment.

Haptic Interfaces - is a system that allows a human to interact with a computer through bodily sensations and movements.

Head-mounted Display - can be a pair of goggles or a full helmet. In front of each eye is a tiny monitor. Because there are two monitors, images appear as three-dimensional. In addition, most HMDs include a head tracker so that the system can respond to head movements.

Hypermedia - an extension to hypertext providing multimedia facilities, such as those handling sound and video.

HyperStudio - It can be described as a multimedia authoring tool, and it provides relatively simple methods for combining varied media.

Moving Picture Experts Groups format - compress data to form small bits that can be easily transmitted and then decompressed.

Multimedia - the use of a variety of artistic or communicative media.

Quicktime movies - is a special file format that contains multiple tracks for storing different kinds of media.

Quicktime VR Authoring Studio - the creation and viewing of photographically-captured panoramas and the exploration of objects through images taken at multiple viewing angles.

Stack - a large quantity or number.

Storyboard - a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film or television production.

Video Editing Software - is the process of editing segments of motion video production footage, special effects and sound recordings in the post-production process.

Virtual Reality - the computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person using special electronic equipment, such as a helmet with a screen inside or gloves fitted with sensors.

Virtual Reality Modeling Language - is a standard file format for representing 3-dimensional (3D) interactive vector graphics, designed particularly with the World Wide Web in mind.