Enhancing E-Learning with Interactive Multimedia

Globalization requires new methods of delivering education and training, partly to enhance traditional methods of knowledge acquisition and to impart new skills and tools (Adam, Awerbuch, Slonim, Wegner and Yesha, 1997). Traditional classroom learning doesn’t seem to fit well with the notion of lifelong learning, since it requires the physical presence of instructors and students. It is instructor-centric because instructors control the class content (e.g., topic, course material and discussion) and pace (Baloian, Pino and Hoppe, 2000). With the increasing use of networked computers and advancements in telecommunication technology, learning methods and infrastructures are becoming more portable and flexible in order to enable anywhere, just-in-time and self-centered learning. As an emerging solution, e-Learning has been crucial to meet this new challenge. In this paper, the term e-Learning refers to any type of learning that uses electronic instructional material delivered via the ABSTRACT