Multimedia Authoring Research Articles

Impact of adaptive filtering-based component analysis method on steady-state visual evoked potential based brain computer interface systems

<span lang="EN-US">The significance of brain computer interface (BCI) systems is immensely high, especially for disabled people and patients with nervous system failure. Therefore, in this study, adaptive filtering-based component analysis (AFCA) model is presented to enhance target box identification efficiency at varied flickering frequencies in a visual stimulation process by efficient acquisition of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals for the application of steady-state visually evoked potential based BCI system. Furthermore, optimization of proposed AFCA model is performed based on the maximized reproducibility of correlated components. A multimedia authoring and management using your eyes and mind (MAMEM) steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) dataset is utilized for efficient training of EEG signals and background entities are eliminated using adaptive filters in a pre-processing stage. Additionally, spatial filtering components are obtained to detect target flickering box based on the obtained quality features. Performance is measured by acquisition of SSVEP signals in terms of reconstruction efficiency, classification accuracy and information transfer rate (ITR) using proposed AFCA model. Mean classification accuracy for all 11 subject is 93.48% and ITR is 308.23 bpm. Further, classification accuracy is relatively higher than various SSVEP classification algorithms.</span>

Online Learning Platform Development

This research focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of online learning platforms for language learning by integrating principles from software engineering, instructional design, and multimedia resources. Emphasizing the development of platforms conducive to transnational cultural engagement and equitable access, the study leverages the ADDIE model for instructional design, integrating task-based language teaching and online intercultural exchanges. Key to this approach is the development of user-friendly interfaces and content that supports diverse learning styles through multimedia integration, including social media, gaming, and virtual environments. The study also addresses the digital divide by ensuring accessibility across different regions and socioeconomic groups. The research methodology includes a comprehensive literature review, needs analysis focused on Arabic language learning, and the application of multimedia authoring principles. The ADDIE model guides the creation and evaluation of educational content, while software engineering principles ensure platform robustness and scalability. Findings indicate a significant potential for these platforms to enhance cognitive learning outcomes. The research validates the effectiveness of these integrations through experimental designs, user feedback, and expert evaluations. The study underscores the importance of digital literacy and intercultural competence in online learning environments and suggests emerging technologies like virtual and augmented reality for immersive experiences. In conclusion, the research demonstrates that well-designed online learning platforms, a synthesis of software engineering excellence, sound pedagogical frameworks, and engaging multimedia content, can substantially improve the learning experience and outcomes for language learners. The study recommends continuous integration of online methods with traditional learning to maximize educational benefits for language students.

Auto-correction of multiple spatial conflicts in multimedia authoring tools

Multimedia authoring tool serves to facilitate an author to create multimedia presentations. Multimedia authoring tool will convert the multimedia presentation into a document. Mobile devices with different screen sizes that can cause visual media to overlap are called Spatio-temporal conflict. The process in the multimedia authoring tool involves a Spatio-temporal verification process to detect Spatio-temporal conflicts. This study proposes a method for correcting the conflict using a conflict region detection process, Spatio-temporal verification, and auto-correction. The auto-correction method uses two stages of area relocation for vertical conflict and horizontal conflict. The two stages are repeated for the ability to correct up to four conflicting regions. Visual media objects such as overlapping images and videos were successfully separated into non-overlapping media objects. The proposed method succeeded in separating the four media objects that were previously overlapping.

Transforming E-Learning through Cloud-Based Interactive Multimedia Authoring Solutions

With the advent of multimedia in education sector, there is a big paradigm shift in teaching and learning scenario. The revolutionary approach of technology-based and technology-enhanced learning mechanisms has taken the teaching and learning practices to a new horizon. Most of the higher education organizations have already adapted this shift keeping the rapid growth in the field education technology and they have even setup dedicated departments to support e-learning by means of various support systems, then whether its related to the hardware or software related support or it is related to the support provided for academic practices by means of various orientation and regular training sessions for the staff members. Various tools and techniques are available to assist teachers for varied level of studies, for the course as well their respective assessments. But deploying these tools and techniques are not always very comfortable with some level of customization and thus there are certain authoring tools which provide very easy to implement solutions to the teachers. Along with the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), implementation of various online tools has equipped every community of learners with plenty of options to learn and implement to enhance the learning experience. These days, most of these VLEs are implemented on the cloud due to the constraint of storage at the organization level. And hence, various cloud-based authoring tools are developed to support the community of learners, which includes both educators as well as students. This paper highlights few of such implementations and their impact on the overall teaching and learning process. The paper finally recommends a framework, which can be implemented along with various cloud-based authoring solutions.

Distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic: mobile information and communications technology overview

The research is aimed at the theoretical justification, development and experimental verification of methods of using mobile technologies for teaching students of higher education institutions in the conditions of quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study is the adaptation of mobile ICT to distance learning during quarantine. The object of the study is the use of mobile ICT for distance learning. The subject of the study: the use of mobile ICT for distance learning during quarantine. Ukrainian and foreign research on the application of mobile ICT (Audience Response Systems; Mobile Multimedia Authoring Tools development; Mobile Learning Management Systems; Mobile Modeling and Programming Environments; Mobile Database Management Systems) for the training of higher education applicants has been analyzed. The author's method of using the mobile modeling and programming tool in the Pydroid environment is presented. A comparative assessment of the functionality of five mobile ICT distance learning systems in the conditions of COVID-19 was carried out. A survey of the importance of using mobile ICT for distance learning in quarantine conditions was developed and analyzed.

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Digital Storytelling in Education: A Transmedia Integration Approach for the Non-Developers

The present paper focuses on digital storytelling in education, emphasizing the teachers’ needs for familiarization with the new technological conditions. A transmedia integration approach is deployed to make productive, blended learning values while utilizing the availability of tools and reusable media assets in a component-based software engineering kind of framework. The topic is inspired by social studies and humanities, which seem to be marginalized, usually failing to make effective technological facilities, benefits, and contemporary findings. It is, therefore, necessary to modernize the approach to literary things and integrate digital means into the educational process, even in cases where a sole educator on humanities and social studies lacks multidisciplinary support in multimedia authoring and software engineering. This modernization can be made possible by introducing user-friendly tools into the process, representing not just a fashion of the time but mostly a renewal trend, aiming at revitalizing the course to attract and engage learners. Undoubtedly, today’s pupils have grown up with technological means, becoming familiar with their use so their implication causes undiminished interest in most daily activities, including schooling. In this high-tech generation, it is absurd to address the transmission of knowledge and values in outdated ways. Apart from adapting to the timely students’ needs, lesson plans on transmedia storytelling practices can also satisfy tutors, triggering their inspiration and co-creation potentials. Overall, the project aims to attract the trainees’ interest with the help of digital tools, which will be embodied in the educational processes by teachers without technical know-how, while continuously adapting to the audience’s needs. Research hypothesis and questions are formed as part of the deployed human-centered interactive design, aiming at modeling best practices for teaching classical topics, such as the “Odyssey”.

EFL Slow Learners’ Perception in Speaking with Authentic Multimedia Assisted Language Learning

The proliferation of assisted technology has been widely used in language learning, but this should be able to accommodate inclusive language learning which has become an important issue in today’s English language teaching and the higher education landscape in Indonesia. This study examined the perception of EFL slow learners in terms of the integration of an inclusive technology with authentic multimedia assisted language learning (AMALL). It discovered the impact of authentic multimedia assisted language learning on their speaking performance. This study also analysed the benefits of this technology perceived by the students. A mixed-method sequential exploratory was employed to examine students’ perception of EFL slow learners in speaking performance. A sample of 30 EFL learners was selected purposively to participate in this study. The study also examined the impact of this application by comparing the results of pre-test and post-test of the students’ speaking performance based on the analytic oral language-speaking rubric namely speaking, fluency, structure, and vocabulary. The findings of the study show that students perceived authentic multimedia assisted language learning provides some advantages in terms of usefulness, easiness, and effectiveness for speaking skill. There was also an improvement in speaking performance

THE USE OF DISCITE APP TOOL IN ENGLISH TEST

AHMAD MUQTADIR 2022. The Use of Discite App Tool in English Test (Descriptive Quantitative Research). A Thesis of English Education Department. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. Supervised by Erwin Akib and Yassir Malappiang.
 This research aimed to find out how multimedia Discite app tool is used in evaluating students’ english test and also the students’ response toward Discite app tool. The subjects of this research we the English teacher at the ninth grade and the students of the ninth grade students. It was chosen by using cluster sampling. The design of this study was descriptive quantitative. The instruments of this research were English Test, Observation and Questionnaires. 
 The result of the data indicated that, first the value 90% is obtained as a percentage of the results of validation by the English teacher on the product. With this result, conclusions can be made about feasibility of English test developed by using Multimedia Authoring Tool. The feasibility of the product is very good or very interesting to be implemented in test. In general, the English teacher assess that the media is suitable for use. As for the advice, the test needs to add some picture because some of them are still not clear enough. Then it can make the test more interested and easy to answer.
 Second, The results of assessment from the students toward the product above show that the average value is 95%. In this process the students looked enthusiast in answering the test. They could know their answer was correct or incorrect after click submit button, it made them motivated more to answer the next question. Besides, some students feel uncomfortable with picture, combination colour and the instruction. By trial and testing with students in class the researcher found some parts need to be corrected in the product. The parts need to be corrected are combination colour, more instruction and need more picture to make it more interested.

LITERARY JOURNALISM. PUBLIC SPEECHES. BIBLICAL MOTIFS

This article focuses its attention on the functioning of the biblical motifs in American fiction and their penetration in American public speeches and non-fiction through literary journalism techniques. The findings of this work illustrate that biblical motifs and religious lexicon as a whole have been used steadily in the speeches of all U.S presidents. Taking into account that the majority of Americans (73%) relates to Christians, the biblical motifs belong to important rhetorical and stylistic tools of all U.S. presidents in their search for the support of voters. Since Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), there has been an apparent tendency to employ more religious words and biblical motifs. The most active users of them were Donald Trump, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama who applied 7.3, 4.8, and 4.1 religious words per one thousand in their speeches. While monitoring the biblical motifs in American mass media and multimedia, we identified the most periodically applied: God, All-Mighty, Lord, Supreme Being; Satan, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Baphomet; Saint Mary; Archangels; Angels; Four Horsemen of Apocalypses; The Three Wise Men; Messiah, the Chosen One; All-loving hero; Cain and Abel; Samson and Delilah; False prophet; Nephilim, giants. According to our findings 136 names of angels were determined in American fiction and non-fiction. As for the theological angels, whose names differ sometimes, their number is 123. The total number of Archangels, mentioned in America mass media, is 17. However, in the Bible and Enoch book just only seven archangels are named. The research results could be used by the specialists in media studies, journalism and philology, as well as by practical journalists and multimedia authors, including Ukrainian students, who plan to sharpen their skills in writing English content.

Speedup Multimedia Authoring Process: Incrementality of Multimedia Authoring Verification

Speedup Multimedia Authoring Process: Incrementality of Multimedia Authoring Verification

Designing screen layout in multimedia applications through integer programming and metaheuristic

Binding audiovisual content into multimedia applications requires the specification of each media item, including its size and position, to define a screen layout. The multimedia application author must plan the application’s screen layout (ASL), considering a variety of screen sizes where the application shall be executed. An ASL that maximizes the area occupied by media items on the screen is essential, given that screen space is a valuable asset for media broadcasters. In this paper, we introduce the Application Screen Layout Optimization Problem, and present its 𝒩P-hardness. Besides, two integer programming formulations and an Iterated Local Search (ILS) metaheuristic are proposed to solve it. The efficiency of the proposed methods is evaluated, showing that the metaheuristic achieves better results and is at least 12 times faster, on average, than the mathematical formulations. Also, the proposed approaches were compared to a layout design algorithm, showing their effectiveness.

Children’s experiences with a transmedia narrative: Insights for promoting critical multimodal literacy in the digital age

Children’s engagement with transmedia narratives, where the same story is presented through different media such as book, film and interactive app, can reveal their knowledge about different modes, media and software for multimedia authoring. Such insights provide a suitable starting point for developing effective approaches to critical multimodal literacy education in the digital age. Specifically, they can inform decisions about which concepts and frameworks for the critical multimodal analysis of texts and digital technologies to adapt for use with young learners. We advance this argument through a case study comprising:•the transmedia narrative The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore in its film (Joyce and Oldenburg, 2011), interactive app (Moonbot Studios, 2011), and traditional picture book (Joyce, 2012) formats;•observations of mothers and their 4–5-year-old children’s interaction with the book and the app;•a comic strip and a LEGO animation created respectively by a 7-year-old (Oskar) and a 10-year-old (Ollen), which represent a scene from that narrative; and.•an interview with Ollen about his experience of making the animation with the software tools Stop Motion Studio and GarageBand ’08.The case study’s findings reveal:•preschool-aged children’s awareness of media affordances and semantic patterns in narrative.•the older children’s understanding of narrative conventions and capacity to construe broad social themes by selecting the most apt semiotic resources available in their chosen media.•the ways both familiarity with different digital semiotic technologies and non-digital resources (e.g. LEGO) and a software’s design can shape a child’s multimedia authoring.Drawing on these findings, we argue that observations of children’s experiences with transmedia narratives provide a suitable starting point for developing effective approaches to critical multimodal literacy education in the digital age. We posit that such observations can help educators consider which concepts and frameworks for the critical multimodal analysis of texts and digital technologies to adapt for use with young learners in the classroom. This necessarily involves examining continuity and change across old and new technologies and semiotic practices.

We've Done Research, Now what? Multimedia Authoring as a Report Tool

The professional literature and research conclude that new technologies produce either similar or superior results to conventional classroom instruction, arguably because technology has positive effects on students’ attitudes towards learning and gives students more control over their learning. Teacher-librarians, as information specialists, facilitate the student’s gathering and understanding of information from all available sources, including electronic. The use of multimedia authoring as a forum for reporting follows logically. Teacher-librarians, as technology coordinators, can facilitate the many aspects of a multimedia project—working with various-sized groups, deciding on the best use of resources, planning with classroom teachers, timelines, and handling challenges.

A Brief of Review: Multimedia Authoring Tool Attributes

Multimedia authoring is the process of assembling various types of media content such as audio, video, text, images, and animation into a multimedia presentation using tools. Multimedia Authoring Tool is a useful tool that helps authors to create multimedia presentations. Multimedia presentations are very widely used in various fields, such as broadcast digital information delivery, digital visual communication in smart cars, and others. The Multimedia Authoring tool attributes are the factors that determine the quality of a multimedia authoring tool. A multimedia authoring tool needs to have several attributes so that these tools can be used properly. The purpose of this literature review study is to find the advantages of the multimedia authoring tool attribute in each of the existing studies to produce knowledge on how to create a good quality multimedia authoring tool. These attributes are Editing, Services, Performance, and the Formal Verification Model. Editing attribute is an attribute for interfacing with the author. Followed by Service attribute and performance attribute to check and achieve proper multimedia documents. Since 1998, a multimedia modeling tool has been studied, and up to now, there have been many studies that have focused on one or more of these attributes. This article discusses the existing studies to examine the attributes generated from the studies. Multimedia authoring attributes are very important to study because they are the benchmarks of the software requirement specifications of Multimedia Authoring tools. The use of the Petri net model, the Hoare Logic, and the Simple Interactive Multimedia Model as a formal verification model can improve the performance of the Multimedia Authoring Tool. In the questionnaire that was submitted to the users, it was assessed positively by the users with the improvements in the Multimedia Authoring Tool.

Italian education’s view of cinema: from suspicion to media education

From the outset, Italian education has been interested in the message of films and cinema’s power of persuasion. Prior to the advent of television, education viewed cinema with suspicion for the alleged damage it caused to the minds of young people. Later, it would view cinema as a means of fascist ideological propaganda. From the 1920s onwards, schools would use cinema as a teaching aid through the so-called “educational cinema”. Since 1960, schools have aimed to teach formal analysis and film content. On the threshold of the new millennium, the revolution in school autonomy obliged every educational institution to independently manage the financial resources allocated to them. This involved the arrival in schools of external experts who were entrusted with media education: they were supported by an internal tutor while the school coordinated the professionals who spe-cialized in cinema; meanwhile the subject teacher entered the Internet era with the innovation of the interactive whiteboard, assuming the role of multimedia author. Thus began the training of teachers within schools, who were registered on the national list of Visual Education Workers.

Using Learning Styles for Creating and Personalizing Educational Content in Ubiquitous Learning Environments

The fact that people behave and learn in a different pace requires individual differences to be properly considered in the teaching/learning process. Among several cognitive theories that could be used for this purpose, a promising one is to explore the use of students' learning styles (LSs), with several research studies indicating that their use has positive impacts on learning outcomes. At the same time, Ubiquitous Learning Environments (ULEs) have the potential to make the multimedia authoring of Learning Objects (LOs) an automated process, resulting on even larger educational content repositories and increasing the need for more adequate presentation strategies to students. This article presents an approach for creating and personalizing LOs through a probabilistic proposal of the Felder and Silverman Learning Styles Model. A prototype of the proposed model was integrated into a ubiquitous educational platform and experimented in real settings. Results indicate the existence of correlations between different types of interactions carried out by students and their respective LSs.

Information and Communication Technology Approaches and Multimedia Authoring Skills of Public Elementary School Teachers

This descriptive-explanatory research determined the extent of utilization of ICT approaches in performing teaching-related tasks and self-assessment of multimedia authoring skills of 162 public elementary school teachers at Tanauan City North District, Philippines. Utilizing a researcher-made questionnaire in gathering the needed data and applying appropriate statistical tools, the results of the study revealed that the respondents highly utilized technology literacy approach, and utilized both knowledge deepening, and knowledge creation approaches in performing teaching-related tasks as they integrate technology into the curriculum, utilize spreadsheet in monitoring pupils’ learning progress, and use available ICT resources to help pupils acquire and demonstrate complex cognitive skills. The respondents were also found to be competent in media literacy, using music and arts, design principles, creativity and novel thinking, and considering audiences as components of multimedia authoring skills that was likely to be influenced by their utilization of ICT approaches as affirmed by the significant relationship identified between the two variables. This study calls for pedagogical innovations by capacitating public elementary school teachers with multi-media authoring skills through ICT-skill enhancement program.

Identification of clinically related requirements of a novel assistive device for people with a high spinal cord injury.

People with spinal cord injuries (SCI), and particularly with high level lesions, can potentially lose the ability to effectively operate computers. The Multimedia Authoring and Management using your Eyes and Mind (MAMEM) project aims to design and produce a novel assistive device to support computer use by individuals with SCI and other disabilities. The solution harnesses eye tracking and brain waves, as measured by encephalography (EEG), to manipulate common computer functions. This paper describes the first step in the project, during which we defined clinically related requirements of the assistive device. These definitions were based on data from three sources: (1) a narrative review; (2) a focus group of SCI rehabilitation professionals; and (3) structured questionnaires administrated to potential computer users with SCI, addressing computer-use habits, barriers, and needs. We describe both the collection of data from each source and the clinically related requirements extracted. The novel three-source requirement assessment method is discussed, and the advantages and disadvantages of each data source are reported. In conclusion, we suggest that this approach makes it possible to organize, discuss, and prioritize the requirements, and to create a work program while planning the device. This increases our level of certainty that the efficacy and adequacy of the assistive device will be maximized, in terms of the clinical needs of users.

3D Interactive Visualization Scenario to Improve Public Participation in the Visual Comfort Assessment for the Pedestrian in Provincial Street, Malang, Indonesia

The visual comfort of pedestrians in the street corridor is essential to encourage a continuously satisfying experience of a visual aesthetic leading to a better quality of urban spaces, which is significant for making cityscape, especially in the streetscape. Valuable visual attributes of the pedestrian spaces are indicated by the presence of visual comfort for pedestrians as they pass through the pedestrian space. The creation of visual comfort in the pedestrian spaces also encourages positive spaces along the road corridor, generating an excellent space utilization, which eventually led to many positive appreciations of the space environment.Creating high-quality urban places triggers a more sustainable urban development by increasing pedestrian satisfaction in visual comfort through empowering public engagement in online decision-making system. Thus, public participatory is urgently needed to evaluate the spatial and visual comfort of provincial streetscapes. The disturbance of visual comfort for pedestrians often occurs in the main road corridors, especially the provincial streets in Malang, which has a strategic location for the expansion of commercial functions. This study evaluated a visual comfort of pedestrians in the provincial streets. It employed the 3D modeling method combined with the interactive simulation through the use of a multimedia authoring platform software to develop the 3D Interactive Visualization Scenario for online participation. The result of this study was the scenario of 3D visualization interactivity development to improve the effectiveness of the decision-making system in the assessment of pedestrian visual comfortalong the provincial street corridor.