Multimedia Information and Media

What is Multimedia?
-Multimedia is the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text,
graphics, drawings, still and moving images, animation, audio and any other media
where every type of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed
digitally.

Characteristics
 Multimedia systems must be computer-controlled
 Multimedia systems are integrated
 The information they handle must be represented digitally
 The interface to the final presentation of media is usually interactive

Types of Multimedia Information and Their Formats

1. Text
(Example – magprint ra ko)
2. Graphics
(Example: magprint ra ko)
3. Audio
(Example: magprint ra ko)
4. Video
Example: magprint ra ko)
5. Animation
(Example: magprint ra ko)

Forms of Multimedia Information Sources

1. Text Information – it is written or printed which tend to give or share ideas and
information.
2. Visual Information – visual resources are one of a kind.
3. Audio Information – this is a narration track that aids blind and/or visually
impaired consumers of visual media.
4. Motion Information - this is the use of moving texts, images or graphics on
display to give information.
 5. Manipulative Information – this refers to materials, programs, applications and
the like that people use in order to come up with a new information.

Advantages of Multimedia Information

 Multimedia enhances the effect of text presentations.
 Improves the quality of presentation and retains the attention of audience.
 It can be used for educational purposes as well as entertainment purposes.
 It is quick and easier to operate for the instructor.
 Multimedia presentations can be modified easily.
 Through participation in multimedia activities, students can learn real world skills
related to technology.
 It helps the learners to express and represent their prior knowledge and provides
them with many learning opportunities.

Disadvantages of Multimedia Information

 Complex to create.
 Time consuming.
 Use of multimedia is expensive, video files can be large and takes a long
download frame that may leave students with nothing to do.
 Sometimes, excessive information about certain topic leads to cognitive overload
and it becomes difficult for the students to understand all the information
presented to them.

Values of Multimedia Information in Education

 It provide students with opportunities to represent and express their prior
knowledge
 Accessing and interpreting information, organizing their personal knowledge and
representing what they know to others encourage deep reflective thinking and;
 Create personally meaningful learning opportunities.

Selection Criteria
1. Task Factors
2. Learner Factors
3. Availability Factors
Design Principles and Elements

Basic Design Principles

1. Alignment
2. Hierarchy
3. Proximity
4. Space
5. Contrast
6. Repetition
7. Color
8. Balance

Five Elements of Multimedia

1. Text
2. Graphics
3. Animation
4. Audio
5. Video