In education, multimedia has come to mean the integrated use, in a computer-based system, of digitized text, audio, graphics, animation, and video to present elements of course content. These elements can be presented in many different ways, allowing students to choose their own path through the courseware through keyboard or mouse interactions. Developing good multimedia courseware is a highly skilled task requiring knowledge of the subject matter, instructional design skills, and familiarity with the authoring software. Multimedia courseware may be presented on a CD-ROM for use on a stand-alone personal computer or over the Web through networked computer terminals. Resources on multimedia   Iwanaga, M. 2000. "The present and the future of multimedia in Japan's open learning," Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities, Manila, Philippines, October 25-27, 2000.

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