Case studies—the impact of multimedia instruction

Video in the Foreign Language Classroom

What are the practical implications of using video in the second langauge classroom? Video provides visual stimuli such as the environment and this can lead to and generate prediction, speculation and a chance to activate background schemata when viewing a visual scene reenacted. Videos allow the learner to see body rhythm and speech rhythm in second language discourse through the use of authentic language and speed of speech in various situations. Videos allow contextual clues to be offered. The use of visuals overall can help learners to predict information, infer ideas and analyze the world that is brought into the classroom via the use of video instruction. In a teaching or testing situation video can help enhance clarity and give meaning to an auditory text; it can create a solid link between the materials being learned and the practical application of it in a testing situation; the video can act as a stimulus or catalyst to help integrate materials or aspects of the language; videos can help manipulate language and at the same time be open to a variety of interpretations.

The Internet TESL Journal | Jan 3, 2009

Why Use Video in the Classroom?

In this article from the National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) at Thirteen Ed Online, learn how teachers who use instructional video report that their students retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly and are more enthusiastic about what they are learning. With video as one component in a thoughtful lesson plan, students often make new connections between curriculum topics, and discover links between these topics and the world outside the classroom.

Thirteen.Org EdOnline | Mar 9, 2008

Laptops for Schoolchildren

Explores how the use of laptops in the classroom promotes the education of children while positively impacting their futures, as well.

CIO.com | Jul 1, 2005

Video Streaming: Harnessing a Unique Capability of Technology

Examines how video streaming provides teachers with an effective way to present materials to students in an engaging and entertaining way.

Today's School | Jun 1, 2005

The Next Decade of Educational Media

Explains how media in the classroom can serve as a vehicle to diffuse differences in student learning styles and create a new common ground.

DigitalDivide.net | May 7, 2005

Today's kids are 'media multitaskers'

Discusses a survey showing that nearly one-third of all students say that they text message, listen to music, surf the Internet, or talk on the phone while doing their homework.

eSchool News | Mar 11, 2005

How Does Technology Influence Student Learning?

Explores the many benefits of multimedia instruction, especially the development of higher-order thinking skills among students.

ISTE, Learning & Leading with Technology | Jan 7, 2005

Learning with Technology: The Impact of Laptop Use on Student Achievement

Tracks the outcomes of student achievement within a school, while comparing students in the laptop immersion program with students outside of the program.

The Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment | Jan 1, 2005

Tools for Schools: Streaming Helps Teachers Reach More Students

Relates the case study of how streaming video enhanced students' retention of content in a Los Angeles Middle School.

StreamingMedia.com | Aug 4, 2004

Raising Student Achievement with Technology

Summarizes research projects over the last 20 years that validate the impact of technology on student achievement.

Apple Computer and the K-12 Market | May 1, 2004

The Impact of Video on Student Learning in Formal Education

Covers how television promotes student learning, how teachers can implement multimedia into their classrooms, and how technology can continue to deliver multimedia to the classroom through new formats.

NAMTC | Jan 1, 2004

The Impact of Motion Media on Adult and K-12 Learning

Reviews the history of multimedia learning in schools and how each technology was used, including its benefits and downfalls. Highlights the research studies on the use of motion pictures and digital streaming technologies in education and discusses how technology can align with educational standards.

NAMTC | Sep 1, 2003

Virginia Schools Boost Student Achievement with Video-on-Demand

Shows how a video-on-demand service increased student achievement in some Virginia schools and relates the experiences of the teachers and students who used video-on-demand.

eSchool News | Dec 1, 2002

Between the Lions: Mississippi Literacy Initiative

Studies the effects of Between the Lions on the literacy skills of young students and breaks down the positive benefits of this multimedia instruction on learning and test scores.

Mississippi State University | Jul 15, 2002

Learning with Technology: Evidence That Technology Can, and Does, Support Learning

Shows how technology opens the door to many different types of learning—it brings new opportunities to access information, connects students to new people and ideas, and much more. This article also provides a history of technology in the classroom and contains case studies of the impact of technology in learning.

San Diego State University | May 1, 2002

Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement

Explains how technology can be used in the classroom, the learning goals that it helps satisfy, and how it can be used to strengthen higher-order thinking skills and collaborative classroom environments.

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory | Jan 1, 1999

Pioneering Video-on-Demand Projects in K-12 Education

Provides two video-on-demand case studies, one in Japan and one in Nebraska, USA, and discusses how video-on-demand works and was used, the challenges associated with it, and how students gained from it.

IBM Research Division | Aug 22, 1995