What is Multimedia?

Question 1

A means of mass communication,

Answer 1

medium

Question 2

there is generally agreement that a medium _______ something, but is not that thing itself

Answer 2

carries, represents, or transmits

Question 3

practices of teaching and learning require information to be conveyed ________.

Answer 3

bidirectionally

Question 4

it is the use or presentation of data in two or more forms.

Answer 4

multimedia

Question 5

multimedia can be characterized by at least two general features:

Answer 5

1. Simultaneity of media modalities: Multimedia presents data simultaneously in two or more modalities
2. Interactivity: Users can affect the state of a multimedia product through their actions, which are mediated by some sort of interface.

Question 6

_____________ work together to envelop a user in the multi-sensory experience of a multimedia environment.

Answer 6

Immersion and disciplinary integration

Question 7

Creating a _________ in the multimedia environment invites the user to create meaning and therefore process the content on cognitive and affective levels.

Answer 7

sense of a narrative

Question 8

__________allows users (at least in theory) to find their way through the environment using a navigational logic that suits them.

Answer 8

Hyperlinkedness

Question 9

In the design of a course technology can play an important role in one or both of two ways:

Answer 9

1. Digital technologies as tool: Digital technologies can facilitate the design and production process.
2. Digital technologies as outcome: Digital technologies can be the object of the design and production process

Question 10

The term ______ is now commonly applied to media delivered through the Internet,

Answer 10

new media

Question 11

The term ______ refers specifically to bandwidth-heavy content such as audio and video.

Answer 11

rich media

Question 12

_________is learning from words and pictures.

Answer 12

Multimedia learning

Question 13

Hypothesis which tells that people can learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone

Answer 13

multimedia learning hypothesis

Question 14

Presenting words and pictures that are intended to promote learning

Answer 14

Multimedia instruction

Question 15

multimedia requires two or more delivery devices,

Answer 15

delivery media view

Question 16

View which tells that multimedia requires verbal and pictorial representations

Answer 16

presentation modes view

Question 17

View which tells that multimedia requires auditory and visual senses

Answer 17

sensory modalities view

Question 18

2 rationales which try to explain why two channels better than one in multimedia learning

Answer 18

1. The quantitative rationale: more material can be presented on two channels than on one channel
2. the qualitative rationale: words and pictures, while qualitatively different, can complement one another and that human understanding is enhanced when learners are able to mentally integrate visual and verbal representations