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Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of Interactive Edutaiment Teaching Media that can be used in a Teleclassroom or on the Web
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| Medium |
Advantages
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Disadvantages
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| Web (HTML) |
- widespread ease of access
- easily modified
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- seldom optimized for printing
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| Print document format (PDF) |
- retains precise formatting
- easier to print than html
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- takes a little time to open Acrobat Player
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| Web Browser w/Multimedia Plug-ins |
- wide variety of media
- browsers and plugins are free
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- bandwidth limitations
- may require hardware/operating system upgrades
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| RealMedia |
- large files start to play (stream) before entire file downloaded
- players are free
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- need streaming server to host
- quality limited by bandwidth
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| QuickTime |
| Windows Media |
| Handwritten Lecture Notes with Document Camera |
- quick and easy for instructor
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- writing may be illegible
- notes not available to students
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| Flash |
- optimized for Web
- streaming multimedia
- 98% of browsers already have Flash plug-in
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- requires periodic updates of Flash plug-in
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| Authorware |
- very sophisticated interactive multimedia capabilities
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- requires browser plug-in
- for larger file sizes, may need to be distributed on CD-ROM or DVD
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| Director |
| Interactive CD-ROM |
- good for large media files
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- requires physical distribution
- updates require new CD
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| DVD |
- good for large media files
- interactive
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- requires physical distribution
- need DVD player
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| MP3 |
- Web-based distribution
- can be streamed
- good compression
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- requires significant processor power
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| VHS Videotape |
- better quality than most video streams
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- requires physical distribution
- linear format
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| Photos, 35 mm Slides |
- can be converted to video format
- can be organized in image database (WebCT), or Web-based “slide show”
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- Web delivery of high resolution images is slow on modem connections
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| PowerPoint |
- can be good for teleclassroom presentation
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- awkward or not optimized for Web delivery
- requires optimization (font style size) for video display
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| Word Processing Software (Word) |
- quick and easy for instructor
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- requires optimization (font style size, etc.) for video display
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| Excel |
- quick and easy for instructor
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- requires optimization (font style, size, etc.) for video display
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| Photos, Books, or Printed Materials |
- quick and easy for instructor
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- requires document camera, or scanning/digitizing
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