Blog 1 - Integration of technology into education and Multimedia

 

   There have been many experiments and innovations in the field of education and training regarding knowledge delivery. From face-to-face to virtual education, different technologies have played great roles at different times. In the last two decades, due to the advent of computer technologies, information delivery has got a new meaning. Development, access, and transfer of text, sound, and video data have given a unique face to classrooms, libraries, and training and resource centers, in the form of interactive multimedia programs. (Sanjaya Mishra, Ramesh C. Sharma, 2005)

   In addition to what Mishra and Sharma indicated, the delivery system has changed immediately and mandatorily because of the Covid19 pandemic. Moreover, the use of technology and multimedia has increased correspondingly.

   As of 21st-century educators, it is important to see the new approaches in education. It is very clear that education has been changing for ages according to the new experiments and it is getting more integrated into technology. People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone.

This hypothesis is the basis for the promise of multimedia learning. Multimedia instruction consists of words and pictures rather than words alone. (Mayer, 2001) Regarding this, it is inevitable to integrate more media into the lessons. Therefore, we should deeply understand the process and effects of multimedia to integrate into our lessons. We have three types of memory which are sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory. The figure shows how the multimedia learning process occurs.

                              

    This figure shows us the process of multimedia learning.  The central work of multimedia learning takes place in working memory, so let’s focus there. Working memory is used for temporarily

holding and manipulating knowledge in active consciousness (Mayer, 2001).  As it can be seen from the figure, new information integrates with the prior knowledge and stay in the long-term memory temporarily. 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

References

Mayer, Richard E., Multimedia Learning, 2001, New York. Cambridge University Press.

University, A. (2005) Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 6 (1), 115-122.