Educational CD-ROMs should be not less interesting and attractive for children then numerous computer games.

1. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
How To Make Courseware For
Schools Interesting:
New Metaphors In Educational
Multimedia.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory
Mari State Technical University, Russia

2. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
1. Introduction
Educational CD-ROMs should be not less interesting and
attractive for children then numerous computer games.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

3. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
1. Introduction
Educational CD-ROMs should be not less interesting and
attractive for children then numerous computer games.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

4. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
1. Introduction
Educational CD-ROMs should be not less interesting and
attractive for children then numerous computer games.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

5. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
1. Introduction
Educational CD-ROMs should be not less interesting and
attractive for children then numerous computer games.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

6. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
1. Introduction
But it is extremely difficult to achieve it, because the
development of such games requires huge financial resource.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

7. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
1. Introduction
For development of educational environment it is
necessary to solve follow tasks:
1. design of a simple and intuitively appealing interface, in which
educational material is visually combined with navigation tools;
2. determination of information organisation of interactive educational
multimedia and forms of learning material presentation;
3. implementation of software;
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

8. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
educational multimedia
It was only natural choice for the
book to be one of the main
metaphors in interactive learning
environments for a long time.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

9. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
educational multimedia
Due to limited hardware possibilities of
computers only the visual represen-
tation of the text and graphics was
possible. Besides the instructional
designer and subject specialist used a
book as a convenient and usual way for
representation of knowledge.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

10. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
educational multimedia
Often in multimedia system 3D
metaphors are presented to the user
simultaneously with desktop metaphors
based on a two-dimensional model.
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
educational multimedia
Virtual reality
It is necessary expansive hardware for
implementation of immersive virtual
environment.
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
educational multimedia
“A window to the new world”
Learners look not at a flat surface of the
screen of the monitor but look through
the glass of the screen like through a
window to a new spatial world of
knowledge
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
educational multimedia
“A window to the new world”
“The new world” is a three-dimensional
world where all information objects
have a shape and behaviour
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
2. Metaphors in
A general metaphor of “the new world”. educational multimedia
Particular metaphor of theatre
Periodic table Blackboard
Experiments Navigation
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
3. Information structure
of the CD-ROM
Three educational modes with the limited structure of navigation
tools and information representation are used:
.
•Learning - a basic mode in which the educational information is
organised as a three-level hierarchy;
•Tests - a complex of questions for testing the learners’ knowledge;
•Experiments - models of chemical experiments
Learning mode Testing mode Experiments
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
3. Information structure
of the CD-ROM
Introduction
About Experiments
program
Part Chapter
Menu menu
Experiment
menu
Learning
Test
menu
Index
of names
Tests
Viewing of Help
chemist
Index of Turning
subject
Graph of transitions
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
4. Script approach for
development of
educational CD-ROM
(I) Authoring system
•Video
Authoring Educational
•Audio
system multimedia
•Graphics
•Animation
This approach allows to create high-quality multimedia courseware
fast and at low expenses, but the choice of presentation tools is
limited by features of the authoring systems.
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
4. Script approach for
development of
educational CD-ROM
(II) Programming
•Video
•Audio
Software
•Graphics
•Animation
The second approach is based on direct programming of
multimedia software by using a high-level language.
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
4. Script approach for
development of
educational CD-ROM
(III) Script approach
•Video
•Audio
Software
•Graphics
•Animation Binary
Compillers
Files
Scripts
Third approach is based on the use of special script languages
for description of navigational information and presentation
structure of educational content.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia

20. M. Morozov A. Markov
How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
4. Script approach for
development of
educational CD-ROM
Scripts Example
SCREEN { //1.
PIC = u75.png 68,49
PIC = d751.png 179,580
text= t751.txt 0,0
wave= w751.wav
FORMULA = 80,180 s752.for 131,137 t 0,58,88
ANIM = o751.flz 200,100 t 0,56,88
ANIM = o751.flz 200,100 t 0,56,88 interactive
}
At a script level only the structure and specifications of
presentation (attributes of graphics, hotspots, synchronisation,
etc. ) are described for objects stored as files of multimedia
database.
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How to make courseware for schools interesting:
new metaphors in educational multimedia.
IWALT-2000
4. Script approach for
development of
educational CD-ROM
The programmer develops an engine of the multimedia
system, a set of presentation modules and software for
script handling. At the same time other staff members
can be engaged in filling of scripts for content. From
those developers only the knowledge of simple
syntactical rules of script writing is required.
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5. Conclusion
How to make courseware for schools interesting?
1. Metaphors
The main idea of the spatial metaphor for interactive educational
multimedia is a screen of the computer being not a representation
of a book page, but “a window to the new world”.
2. Information structure of CD ROM
Design of educational modes with the limited structure of
navigation tools and a standard set of graphic forms for
representation of information are used.
3. Design methods
Script approach for development of educational CD ROM allows to
make the development of multimedia cost- and time effective.
Multimedia Systems Laboratory Mari State Technical University, Russia