SIGNIFICANCE and CAPABILITIES of
MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA in EDUCATION
Fumihiko SHINOHARA
Professor
Tokyo Gakugei University
Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: Cuttlefish@edteclab.gakugei-u.ac.jp

1. Capabilities of Multimedia/Hypermedia
(1) Integrating Several Types of Media/Message
(2) Interacting Between Media and Learner
(3) Non-structured Information from the learner's Point of View
(4) Expanding Information Concerned

2. Significance of Multimedia/Hypermedia in Education
(1) Convenience and Utilization of Accumulation of Information
(2) A Better Medium for Divergent Thinking
(3) Realization of Adaptive individualized-learning
(4) A New Alternative Approach to Solve the Teaching-Learning Process

      Since the Multimedia/Hypermedia looks like "non- structured" from 
individual learner's point of view, he "interacts" with media/message as 
he may think or in such a manner discussed in education as one of the 
critical issues, ATI or TTTI. 
      At the same time, the Multimedia/Hypermedia will promote "divergent 
learning" which is one of the key/fundamental factors of problem-solving 
and creative thinking, and also it will realize the "adaptive individualized-
learning", which is characterized by the facts that each learner proceeds 
his learning by "extending" information with his own learning style based 
on his interest and its concerned and by "organizing" information represented 
by "customization" or collecting and editing information in his own way, to 
"accumulate a series of data proceeded" in the computer.



3. Components of Multimedia/Hypermedia
(1) TEXT (Hypertext)
(2) VISUALS (Hypervisuals)
(3) GRAPHICS (Hypergraphics)
(4) SOUND
with NODE-LINK fashion with BUTTONs utilizing Variety of SYMBOL SYSTEMs and 
INFORMATION

4. APPROACH TO LEARNING
(1) Re-organization of Knowledge-scheme
(2) Learning based on Cognitive Psychology
        Adaptive Learning, ATI (TTTI)
(3) Promotion of Divergent Thinking

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Development of Digital Technology and Computers in Education

        1960s           Computing/Numercalprocessing
        1970s           Wordprocessing/Characterprocessing
        1980s           Imageprocessing
        1990s           Media Control


Renewal/Updated: Monday, 12-May-97 21:44:22