Multimedia Laboratory For Undergraduate Instruction

为了培养一支能够在世界市场上竞争的熟练劳动力，有必要采用与以往大不相同的教学方式。日益复杂的技术要求对物理过程、算法和系统有多维度的理解。传统媒体的线性方法很难适应这一目的。为了理解复杂的系统，需要一个多媒体和超媒体环境，该环境可以使用嵌入在交互式课件中的动画、交互式图形和声音注释，并对时间尺度进行压缩。鉴于现在高等院校的学生是异质的，教学方法必须对各种背景和需求作出反应。虽然个别课堂教学在传统媒体上是不可行的，但它是多媒体和超媒体环境的基础。本项目将开发一个基于计算机实验室的多媒体环境（MLUI），用于多媒体技术、科学、工程和数学等本科课程的教学和本科生的研究。该项目包括设置多媒体实验室，开设多媒体技术新课程，开发多媒体课件，并使用多媒体课件和其他多媒体课件在MLUI教授互动课程。为残疾人使用多媒体技术的特别规定是一个高度优先事项，例如，为视障人士提供触摸显示器和语音合成器。

In order to educate a skilled work force able to compete in the world market it is necessary to teach in ways vastly different from heretofore. Increasingly complex technology requires a multidimensional understanding of physical processes, algorithms and systems. The linear approach of conventional media is poorly adapted to this purpose. A multimedia and hypermedia environment which can employ animation, interactive graphics and sound annotation embedded in interactive courseware, and compression of the time scale is needed for understanding complex systems. Given the heterogeneous population of students now educated in institutions of higher learning, teaching methods must respond to a variety of backgrounds and needs. Although individual classroom instruction is not feasible with conventional media it is fundamental to a multimedia and hypermedia environment. This project will develop a computer laboratory based multimedia environment (MLUI) for teaching undergraduate courses in multimedia technology, science, engineering, and mathematics, and for undergraduate research. The project consists of installing a multimedia laboratory, offering new courses in multimedia technology, developing multimedia courseware and using it as well as other multimedia courseware to teach interactive courses in the MLUI. Special provisions for the use of the multimedia technology for the disabled are a high priority, for example, touch displays and speech synthesizers for the visually impaired.