Computer Based Multimedia Essay

Computer-based multimedia is the core and main technical measure of the application of modern information technology into education. Multimedia tools are helpful to make a good learning environment. They are also useful to develop a creative atmosphere. It helps students to develop technical and research skills that they cannot get from reading a textbook. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to encourage the widespread use of multimedia in biology teaching.

Keywords: Multimedia technology, Biology education, Animation

Introduction

Multimedia refers to a combination of text, audio, still images, animations, videos and interactivity content forms. Traditional methods of teaching in class room involves information delivery by chalk and talk method and Over Head Projector transparencies where the teacher is the source and the student is a receiver the latter assuming a passive role. In this system of teaching-learning, the teachers continuously talk for an hour or more without caring for the students’ response and the students are not always attentive in the class. The attention of even brightest student fads off after 20-30 minutes. Some extra ordinary teachers always judge the faces of the students and deliver information as per the mood and receptivity of students, but at large, the

Teachers can use many web based products for multimedia presentation in their classroom. For specific search it is advisable to type specific ‘key word’ on the address bar of search engine (like google) followed by the ‘file format’. For example for searching animation files of photosynthesis one should type ‘photosynthesis swf’ or ‘photosynthesis mov’ or ‘photosynthesis video’or ‘photosynthesis gif’. This will direct the search engine to search files of specific format only. There are several sites which provide excellent collection of animation files of all the subjects and topics of biology. Few such sites