NEW FRONTIERS OF LEARNING
     Guidelines for Multimedia Courseware Developers in Higher Education

     Vol 1: Delivery, Production and Provision
     by
     Peter Davies and Tim Brailsford
     University of Nottingham

                               ITTI REPORT

     This report is aimed primarily at those in higher education who
     are trying or planning to work with multimedia but are having
     trouble finding their way through the "multimedia swamp". It
     focuses on the technical issues associated with multimedia
     development and delivery, not on the pedagogical issues related
     to learning with computers, which are the province of Volume 2.

     Even so, the scope of Vol 1 is broad, and includes such topics
     as: delivery platforms and standards, add-ons and peripherals
     (such as CD-ROM drives and graphics cards), operating
     environments, multimedia on networks, project planning, QA and
     interface design, data standards and media preparation, high and
     low-level programming, institutional policy issues (such as
     career incentives and training), plus two specially commissioned
     chapters on project management and copyright.

     The report is divided into two parts: "Practical Guidelines" and
     "Issues in Depth". The first part covers the practicalities of
     developing multimedia products, while the second deals with
     technical issues in more depth. The report is peppered with
     highlighted guidelines and advice (which are all brought together
     in an Appendix), and includes an extensive bibliography, an
     indexed list of suppliers and services, a "quick-and-dirty"
     method of usability evaluation, a form for submitting corrections
     and entries of your own, and an extensive index.

     Price:   UKHE:      22.50 pounds (inc VAT and p&p)
              NonUKHE:   22.50 pounds plus p&p

     Obtainable from:

     Mrs Jean Burgan
     USDU
     Level Six
     University House
     SHEFFIELD  S10 2TN

     Tel:    0742 725248
     Fax:    0742 728705
     Email:  j.burgan@sheffield.ac.uk

     For any other information, please contact:

     Peter Davies on plzpmcd@pln1.life.nottingham.ac.uk
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