Trends in ICT and Multimedia Supported Education

Emerging Trends in ICT for Education & Training

During the past few years, the world has witnessed a phenomenal growth in communication technology, computer network and information technology. Development of new broadband communication services and convergence of telecommunication with computers have created numerous possibilities to use a variety of new technology tools for teaching and learning system. The integration of computers and comm...

Effectiveness of multimedia-supported education in practical sports courses.

Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning have become standard forms of education. In sports, multimedia material has been used to teach practical aspects of courses, such as motor skills. The main goal of this study is to examine if multimedia technology impacts learning in the field of sport motor skill acquisition. This question was investigated during a practical sports education course inv...

Interactivity in virtual and multimedia environments: a meeting point for education and ICT in archaeological museums

Constructivist educational trends stress interactivity as an important methodology for education and communication. Focusing on archaeological presentation and museum communication, this paper examines how the introduction in these fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and particularly of Virtual Reality (VR) and multimedia (MM) applications, is modifying the “traditional”...

ICT in education study

A Monitoring and Evaluation Scheme for an ICT-Supported Education Program in Schools

More than 20 years after ICTs were introduced in schools, solid evidence of their impact on student attainment is still lacking. Reasons for this include the mismatch between the methods used to measure the effects and the type of learning promoted, the absence of information regarding the specific types of ICT used, and the scarce attention paid to the monitoring and evaluation of ICT for Educ...