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Using Audiovisual Technologies *Multimedia & Projection systems *Interactive Whiteboards for Training and Meetings *Touchscreen Displays *Video Conference .
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Using Audiovisual Technologies*Multimedia & Projection systems *Interactive Whiteboards for Training and Meetings*Touchscreen Displays *Video Conference
Multimedia & Projections Multimedia may be broadly divided into linear and non-linear categories. Linear active content progresses often without any navigational control for the viewer such as a cinema presentation. Uses for Teaching:Non-linearuses interactivity to control progress as with a video game or self-paced computer based training. Hypermedia is an example of non-linear content. • Pros Allow to spice up lectures and help to make the material more accessible • Cons Hardware Failure (Laptops & projector fail) Sound or video quality Cables can break Internet connection Incompatibility
Interactive WhiteboardsOffers a clean dustless and allergy-free way to communicate to students. They are operated by PCs and internet connection. Uses for Teaching: Teaching can be enhance with interactive whiteboards by the accessibility of internet access ,which in turn, provides the instructor and student with more updated information. Also, it provides a more exciting classroom experience that keeps the attention of the student. • Pros • Great for demonstrations • One computer classroom maximizes the use of limited computer access • Boards are clean and attractive tools • Cons • Setting up is a bit worrisome if you have to do it on your own • The fact that sometimes the classroom have to be move for connection purposes • Cables and wires can be a safety concern
Touchscreen Displays A display screen that is sensitive to the touch of a finger or stylus. Used in myriad applications, including ATM machines, retail point-of-sale terminals, car navigation and industrial controls, the touch screen became wildly popular for smartphones and tablets after Apple introduced the iPhone and iPad.Uses for Teaching: Touch screens can be use to provide students with a easy way to solve or respond to assignments in a quick and effective way. Touch screens are also user friendly and provides a learning tool that helps out In the classroom. • Pros • Infinite ways the interface can be design • User friendly • Speed of the operations are fast • Cons • Low battery life • Screens get very dirty • Application crash • Qwerty keypads are not always dependable
Video ConferenceA videoconference or video conference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously.Uses for Teaching: Video conferencing can be very effective when communicating to students that may want to provide feedback after lecture and also for your use as well. • Pros • Eliminates the need for travel • Face to face interaction that is need in some cases. • Cons • Audio Delays (Delays in audio can prevent communication clarity) • Audio Echoes (Echoes can be very troublesome) • Image Softness (Not a consistent flow of information been showed.)
References • Bell, Mary Ann-http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html • http://www.topmarks.co.uk/INTERACTIVE.ASDXEriksson, T. (2010a). Endless semiosis. Audiovisual Thinking, 2010(1). • Eriksson, T. (2010b). Sign, texts and contexts. Audiovisual Thinking, 2010(1). • Fernández-Luanco, E. C. d. A. (2010). The video as infovis to portrait analysis on a TV advertisement. Audiovisual Thinking, 2011(3).