Ogunlade Benjamin Ande
Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology, Nigeria
Title: Multimedia Communication: It’s Implications on General Education
Biography
Biography: Ogunlade Benjamin Ande
Abstract
With rapid development of digital technologies building on an efficient and reliable multimedia, a lot of progress has been made from both application and design in resolving the challenges for the enhancement of learning and teaching through a blending of classic techniques. However, by extending beyond the boundaries of science, art and culture, multimedia communication also provides new paradigms and methods for searching through myriad variety of media all over the world. Hence, this paper review the past research in an attempt to provide for the proper understanding of multimedia as one of the most effective tool for advancing knowledge and skills. It also attempt to identify some of the factors that might increase the efficiency of multimedia instructional tools for teaching and learning based on cognitive theory of instructional process. The factors to be examined are ; level of coordination between information and channel in terms of layout design; nature of information to determine the sensory channel; and abilities for multimedia presentations.