Evaluation and Analysis of the Multimedia Course Books and Their Didactic Parts

Development of new teaching methods corresponding with current findings and modern didactic means initiated emergence of new forms of the educational materials. Multimedia course book is one of the materials mentioned which encompasses wide range of interactive, multimedia and hypermedia components. In Czech Republic, many multimedia course books are being introduced to market and the teacher must decide which one to choose. Many various aspects must be taken into account in process of choosing a course book, e.g. technical parameters, didactic equipment, control or quality of its individual parts. In case of common paper course books, approved evaluation tools are known. Can these tools be used for electronic course books as well? If yes, under what conditions? Should not we approach the multimedia course books as common pedagogic software? The authors have been dealing with possibilities of evaluating the multimedia course books in practice as well as in theory and they present some of possible solutions.