Designing Educational Video and Multimedia for Open and Distance Learning » (New Edition)

In recent years there has been a resurgence in the use of video in teaching and training contexts, due to technological advances that enable good quality moving pictures through CD-Rom, DVD and broadband Internet. This book offers advice and assistance to a growing group of teachers and trainers, technical and support staff in the most effective deployment of video and multimedia in open and distance learning.
A bridge between research and practice, Designing Video and Multimedia for Open and Flexible Learning discusses:
· what to teach on video and how to teach it
· when to choose and how to use other media for teaching
· a framework of pedagogic design principles for video and multimedia
· practical development advice for interactive multimedia With insights into the comprehensive process of designing, developing and managing distance learning materials, this book will appeal to readers with varying interests and responsibilities, including course development, educational Video, Audiovision and interactive Multimedia design, as well as to students of general video and multimedia production.

Intro: Study Guide: How you might use this book
Part 1: Techniques and Teaching Functions that Exploit Video's Strengths, Adding Pedagogic Value
1. Video that adds cognitive value or skills value
2. Video that adds experiential value
3. Video that adds nurturing value
Part 2: Optimal media selection and deployment
4. Matching media attributes to learning tasks and functions
Part 3: Pedagogic Screenwriting Principles for Video
5. Screenwriting for video in educational multimedia: an overview of the screenwriting principles
6. Screenwriting for video in educational multimedia: in-depth coverage of the screenwriting principles
Part 4: Picture-word Synergy for Audiovision and Multimedia
7. Principles of picture-word synergy for Audiovision
8. Screenwriting principles for a multimedia package - picture word synergy for mutltimedia with audio commentary