Abstract

Interactive multimedia quickly transports us from material 'reality' to the immaterial world of cyberspace. In doing so, it offers new ways of understanding the changes it brings to our sense of self and society. Electronic technology is not merely an add-on to our present print-based culture. It is part of a major cultural transition which has been compared in its impact on society to the Renaissance and the introduction of print. Like print, it both arises from and provides the catalyst for very deep criticism of extant social structures and practices. The theoretical positions which have identified these cultural transitions have important practical implications for producing IMM curricula. Our teaching and learning projects with the Committee for the Advancement of University Teaching (CAUT) have led us 10 draw together critical and cultural theories with interactive multimedia practices. This article surveys that journey.

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