The Kontakte Multimedia Project at The University of Iowa
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v17i1.25-42Keywords:
Multimedia, Authoring, Textbooks, Answer-Processing, CD-ROM, Foreign Video, Touch-Screen Recording of Tongue and Lip MovementsAbstract
This article describes the design and implementation of a CD-ROM-based German exercise package for commercial distribution and a listening and culture package using interactive multimedia based on authentic German television programs. The project demonstrates how a set of specialized authoring tools can be brought to bear upon the real-world needs and constraints of a curriculum based on a commercial textbook. Solutions to problems arising from the match between theory and technology are detailed and lessons for future projects are suggested.
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