Multimedia refers to the
audiovisual packaged including one or more instructional media (text, graphics,
audio animation and video clip). Hypermedia is a multimedia, only that it is
packaged as an educational software where students could access information and
perform activities. IT applications are usually hypermedia and may be in a form
of tutorial software packages, knowledge webpages, or simulation games.
The
presentation of information in a hypermedia is not chronological hence a
student can have a full autonomy over his/her learning by deciding on which
path to take first. An outstanding hypermedia has the following
characteristics: learner control – the learner decides on
his/her learning, which to take first or what to take; learner wide
range of navigation routes – the learner can choose to speed up or
slowdown in learning, skip those concepts already learned, or repeat other
activities or lessons – all depending on the student; variety of media –
a hypermedia uses more than one media but this does not mean it uses all, it
only uses those that are necessary.
Hypermedia is not
necessarily chronological, although it can be chronological too, but it is up
to the user which to tackle first. Encarta I say, (aside from the fact that it
is a software) is a hypermedia (based on the definition of hypermedia). With
Encarta, I get to decide what to read or learn first, not based on the
arrangement of the lesson but on my preference. I decide which to explore
first. I think the Internet too is hypermedia in nature since I decide on what
I should learn not based on what it suggest but based on my interest. I get to
access to text files or multimedia files as sooner as I can because they are
just a click away, no need to go through a long chronological arrangement of
information.
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