Design and development of self-paced interactive multimedia photography courseware for university students

Abstract

Multimedia can be presented mainly by five main elements, such as text, graphics, animation, audio and video in order to interact with the students more effectively. Due to the rapid development of current technologies, this project is to develop a better design of multimedia courseware in explaining the photography skills, tools and information to the students who are interested in photography field. The purpose of the proposed multimedia courseware is to gain their interest in photography through the proposed multimedia courseware. The multimedia courseware is developed based on ADDIE methodology and Adobe Director has been used as the main platform in development stage. It is delivered in English and comprised of five modules which are learning module, tutorial module, quiz module, game module and video module. All modules will be a learning tool that targeted to help students from university photography society to improve their photography knowledge and skills. The sample group consisted of 50 students who were studying in university. They were divided into two subgroups: male and female groups. User acceptance level and system functionalities level were evaluated by conducting survey among students. Based on the result it appeared to be favorable of the functionalities and capabilities of each module in the multimedia courseware. Hence, it helps students as well as fresh camera users to be more familiar with the photography information before they start to explore it in-depth. The content delivering is not only about the concept of photography but also an exercise of photography.