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Abstract: This MA thesis deals with animated songs and their use in early foreign language teaching. In the theoretical part I have described child development, first and second language acquisition, multimedia, foreign language teaching and the use of songs in the classroom. As the literature on animated songs has not yet been developed, I have turned to theory on multimedia, music and art to formulate a set of criteria for easier choice of animated songs for use in class. In the empirical part I have chosen some high quality, didactically apropriate animated songs. Content, sound, music, text, design, animation, multimedia learning theories, art theory and didactics were taken into account. The final part of the paper shows the results of a questionnaire that was forwarded to Slovenian teachers who teach children aged 3–11 to see to what extent they know and use animated songs. Nowadays acces to songs is no longer a problem so it is important for teachers to know how to evaluate multimedia materials. There are both favorable opinions and cautions regarding technology use in childhood, so good judgement is needed. The choice and use of animated songs in the young learner classroom should be didactically justified.
Keywords: animated songs, songs, young learners, foreign language teaching, English, German, multimedia, modern technology, didactics, preschool, primary school
Published: 25.10.2019; Views: 639; Downloads: 105
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Abstract: Education systems confront new requirements to become more efficient and contribute more to the economic success of society. At the same time there are new challenges for the education systems to perform their tasks using advanced technology. In capacity, information technology considerably surpasses the current learning technology. Supported by Internet it creates an electronic parallel to the standard school and learning. Unfortunately there is only sporadic evidence that supported by information technology, learning and education system as a whole can be considerably improved. In spite of that, we believe there is no way back and e-education is not just a temporary whim. Even though we do not know exactly who should perform what and to which scope. The passiveness of pedagogues, the lack of empirical research and the occurring expansion of the market for e-education products without their quality assessment is not of advantage to this progress. The spread of e-education production without considering the professional opinion of pedagogues, who beside their practical work must also engage in developing their own pedagogical theory, might not benefit the existing education achievements. On the other hand, didactics can by analogy be applied also in the web environment, consequently creating the related assessment mechanisms of the electronic education elements.
Keywords: didactics, e-education, informatization, IT, information technology, multimedia, interactivity, knowledge quality
Published: 29.11.2017; Views: 660; Downloads: 82
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Abstract: Diplomsko delo opredeljuje pokrivanje potreb majhnih občin po IT, s ponudbo podjetja Multimedia d.o.o. za to področje. Diplomsko delo najprej opredeli teoretično osnovo, katera nam pove kaj so občine, kako občine delujejo, predstavi nam organe občine, njene predstavnike ter naloge in pristojnosti občine. Teoretični del posebej predstavi tudi način financiranja in zakone ter akte, ki urejajo delovanje občin. Naloge občine so predstavljale osnovo za izdelavo intervjuja, s pomočjo katerega sem pridobil podatke o potrebah občin po IT. Na podlagi podatkov, ki sem jih pridobil z intervjuji, je narejena podrobna analiza potreb majhnih občin po IT, iz katere je razvidno kakšno programsko in strojno opremo potrebujejo občine pri svojem vsakdanjem delu. Prav tako je v nalogi predstavljena podrobna analiza ponudbe podjetja Multimedia d.o.o za to področje. Sklepni del naloge poda odgovor na vprašanje, katere potrebe občin po IT podjetje Multimedia d.o.o. lahko zadovolji. Če povzamemo odgovor sklepnega dela, lahko razberemo, da podjetje pokriva veliko večino potreb majhnih občin, na nekaterih segmentih pa njihove potrebe celo presega.
Keywords: majhne občine, Multimedia d.o.o., intervju, analiza, potrebe po IT, ponudba IT
Published: 15.07.2015; Views: 551; Downloads: 85
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Abstract: As the world becomes increasingly unified, there is a growing tendency for language transfer in audiovisual media. Media are one of many different channels through which globalization is rapidly occurring. Although audiovisual (or multimedia) translation may not have been discussed much until recently, in the last twenty years, awareness of the importance of this kind of communication has grown considerably because the development of new technologies. This paper will examine whether translation training is keeping up with theory on the translation process and its product. It will address such issues as how to acquire multimedia translation competence, how to design a lesson to achieve long-term goals, and how to determine the teacher's and the student's roles in translation activities. I will discuss possible ways of introducing the predominant and/or prevailing types of multimedia translation to students of translation, giving some practical examples for classroom dynamics.
Keywords: translation, theory of translation, multimedia translation, audiovisual translation, classroom dynamics
Published: 07.06.2012; Views: 1149; Downloads: 26
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Abstract: In this paper a modern item design framework for computer based assessment based on Flash authoring environment will be introduced. Question design will be discussed as well as the multimedia authoring environment used for item modeling emphasized. Item type templates are a structured means of collecting and storing item information that can be used to improve the efficiency and security of the innovative item design process. Templates can modernize the item design, enhance and speed up the development process. Along with content creation, multimedia has vast potential for use in innovative testing. The introduced item design template is based on taxonomy of innovative items which have great potential for expanding the content areas and construct coverage of an assessment. The presented item design approach is based on GUI's - one for question design based on implemented item design templates and one for user interaction tracking/retrieval. The concept of user interfaces based on Flash technology will be discussed as well as implementation of the innovative approach of the item design forms with multimedia authoring. Also an innovative method for user interaction storage/retrieval based on PHP extending Flash capabilities in the proposed framework will be introduced.
Keywords: computer testing, computer based assessment, multimedia authoring, inovative item design, GUI, MySQL, e-training
Published: 31.05.2012; Views: 1432; Downloads: 27
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