1. Interactive Multimedia Technologies in Online Teaching

2. SACS Best Practices  Quality: Online programs of study should result in “collegiate level learning outcomes appropriate to the... degree or certificate awarded”

3. SACS Best Practices  Diversity: Curriculum and instruction decisions should “focus on learning outcomes for an increasingly diverse student population”

4. Focus  Incorporating interactive multimedia technologies into online instruction Creates a challenging educational experience Accommodates a variety of student learning strategies

5. Multimedia Instructional Technologies  Real Media instructional videos (classroom lectures, films, documentaries)  Real Media audio (lectures, poetry, music)  Digitized artwork/graphics

6. Interactive Instructional Technologies  PowerPoint Presentations  Internet Websites  E-texts  Chat Rooms and Discussion Boards

7. Advantages  Enriches and diversifies methods of online instruction  Accommodates various student learning strategies  Promotes increased student interaction

8. Advantages  Encourages interdisciplinary approach  Emphasizes relevance to contemporary culture  Empowers students in a multimedia culture