Social Learning Technologies: The Introduction of Multimedia in Education

This volume investigates the use of multimedia technology in education. Most of the readers will have been educated by traditional education tools: the blackboard, textbooks, classes and teachers. Modern technology offers a different way of looking at how children can be educated. It is possible that pupils could learn from home via a computer and there would be no need for teachers and classrooms. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the problems and mechanisms that determine the uptake of multimedia in education, and shows what should be done in order to make use of technology in education in a useful way.