A Multimedia Authoring And Annotation System For Learning Environments

This paper introduces a new application called multimedia annotation, currently being developed in the European Union-funded project DIANE. A system for instant multimedia authoring, with special features for supporting the creation of multimedia documents in a distributed working environment such as distance education, is described. The system gives both teachers and learners the capabilities for multimedia authoring, which makes learning a collaborative effort with important feedback from learners improving the quality of the teaching material. Topics discussed include the annotation engine, system usage, and the use of DIANE in distance learning scenarios. Two figures illustrate the annotation engine and the DIANE document viewer. Contains 16 references. (Author/DLS) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** A Multimedia Authoring And Annotation System For Learning Environments Gerhard Hejc Vienna Centre of Parallel Computing (VCPC), Liechtensteinstrasse 22, 1090 Vienna, Austria E-mail: [email protected] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Sandford Bessler o This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization Kapsch AG, Wagenseilgasse 1, 1121 Vienna, Austria originating it. E-mail: [email protected] CI Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY G.H. Marks TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Abstract: In this paper we introduce a new application called multimedia annotation, which is currently developed in the EU-funded ACTS project DIANE. We describe a system for instant multimedia authoring with special features for supporting the creation and annotation of multimedia documents in a distributed working environment e.g. distance education. It gives both teachers and learners the capabilities for multimedia authoring, which makes learning to a collaborative effort with the important feedback from the learners to improve the quality of the teaching material.