Use of Multimedia as a New Educational Technology Tool: An Overview and Its Future

Multimedia has become a focus of research in educational delivery, learning and its assessment. This paper looks at how multimedia is used in education as an educational tool, discussing how the materials are used in teaching and how human learners are treated with the underlying curriculum and learning theories and assumptions contained in them about the nature of knowledge, instruction and learning. The paper also discusses the advantages, requirements and the limiting factors to be considered for creation of multimedia applications in education.