Integrating Multimedia into a Distance Learning Environment: Is the Game Worth the Candle?.

Ellis, Timothy; Cohen, Maxine

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ERIC Number: EJ635538

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Integrating Multimedia into a Distance Learning Environment: Is the Game Worth the Candle?

Ellis, Timothy; Cohen, Maxine

British Journal of Educational Technology, v32 n4 p495-97 Sep 2001

Discussion of the value of multimedia in online learning environments focuses on a cost-benefit study of a doctoral-level course that used a multimedia CD. Results suggest that the instructional effectiveness of multimedia is relative and actual costs versus anticipated benefits must be balanced. (LRW)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Distance Education, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Multimedia Instruction, Online Courses, Optical Data Disks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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