Collecting and organising multimedia components for the development of educational DVD's and multimedia clips for grade 10 history: the French Revolution – some practical guidelines.
Abstract
Today’s learners are born in a multimedia world and they feel quite
comfortable in an electronic learning environment. Therefore South Africa, as
the rest of the world, had to respond to the pressure and challenges posed by
the information revolution.
Although research shows that there is an increase in the availability of
computers for teaching and learning, it does not necessary mean a growth
in the use and integration of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) in the learning and teaching of subjects in South African schools. For
Social Sciences it was an unacceptable low 22% in 2000. A lack of resources for
use by teachers and learners is indicated as one of the main factors, preventing
teachers from using computers in teaching and learning.
The educational DVD and multimedia clips can be used as an exciting
interactive resource in the integration of multimedia in the Social Sciences
classroom when teaching and learning the French Revolution in History,
Grade 10. This article gives an overview with some practical guidelines on the
process followed in the development and construction of the concept text and
also the collecting and organisation of the multimedia components for the
DVD and multimedia clips.