Question

PURPOSE

This purpose of this assignment is to enable learners to have a deeper understanding of the concepts, applications and importance of multimedia in society (CLO1) as well as the knowledge of multimedia related hardware and devices. (CLO2)

REQUIREMENT

The era of globalization has indirectly placed a pressure on educational institution to produce highly specialized and technical individual. Given the emergence of knowledge-based society, education system in Malaysia has to realign to meet the growing demand and competitive market.

Thus, you are required to discuss the use of multimedia technology and its application in providing quality and innovative education in Malaysia. Your discussions also need to include the hardware requirements, challenges and the future of this technology.

Lastly, from your experience as 21^st-century learners, suggest any two multimedia technology that you would like OUM to adopt that will enhance your learning experience in OUM especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Answer 1

From the text, we have two questions.

1) Discuss the use of multimedia technology and its application in providing quality and innovative education in Malaysia. Include the hardware requirements, challenges and the future of this technology.

Ans.: We know that multimedia is a form of communication which a mixture of different forms. These form include audio, video, text, animation, images. The main charactersitic is interactivity. We can interact with other through multimedia technology.

Multimedia technology can be use to provide quality and innovative education. For the purpose of education, the forms of multimedia that can be used are audio, video, text. On some topics, animation can also be used. This form of multimedia in general is called as E-Learning System.

The advantage of this system is that it makes the students more attracted toward the education. Students try to focus on the more interesting and new system for learining. One more advantage is we can simulate or use a recorded experience to learn the more in depth knowledge. This help students understand the concept with practical use virtually.

The hardware requirements of the system starts with huge capacity of data storage devices. To store the data, multiple storage devices like HDDs are needed. To run and access the data, Computer system is also required. In this time, Internet is also a neccesity as most data is availabe online.

Challenges for the multimedia technology can counted starting from the cost. This whole system will need a lot of money to get it installed and working. Other challenge is space. This system will required adequate space to fit. Also, students might use the system for non-educational purpose.

The future scope of multimedia technology can already be seen. In this pandemic situation, almost every one is working virtually. The multimedia technology has gotten the boost required for the growth. More and more people are buying all the required multimedia sources like laptops, smartphone.

2) Suggest any two multimedia technology that you would like OUM to adopt that will enhance your learning experience in OUM especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Ans.: Those two multimedia technologies could be Virtual Reality System(VR) and enhanced audio video system.

Through VR System, we can gather and learn in the virtual environment. This will enhance learning experience.

The enhanced audio video system will make sure that there is no more lag or buffer in the online teaching. Due to lag, some important points gets missed. The enhanced audio video system will also enhance the learning experiece.