The Yugtarvik Museum Project: Using Interactive Multimedia for Cross-Cultural Distance Education.

Autor/inn/en	Sponder, Barry; Schall, Dennis
Titel	The Yugtarvik Museum Project: Using Interactive Multimedia for Cross-Cultural Distance Education.
Quelle	In: Academic Computing, (1990), S.6-9 (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Alaska Natives; Art Education; Computer Software; Cross Cultural Studies; Distance Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Experiential Learning; Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Interactive Video; Museums; Teacher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inuit; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Interaktives Video; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	Teachers and students at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks developed an interactive Macintosh-videodisc program that features the exhibits of the Yugtarvik Yup'ik Eskimo Museum in Bethel, Alaska. The exhibits teach people about many aspects of traditional Alaska Native culture. The videodisc program carries both Yup'ik and English audiotracks, making it useful for bilingual audiences. Apple's HyperCard program allows users to develop stacks of index cards on a computer screen that can be manipulated and programmed in many creative ways with a minimal amount of technical knowledge. It also can be interfaced with interactive multimedia such as videodiscs. Funding for the project was difficult to obtain because of lack of university support. Eventually a company that was developing a commercial videodisc for tourists offered unused time on their videodisc. University students who were enrolled in a course on using computers in schools developed HyperCard stacks based on the Bethel Yugtarvik Museum's displays and added animation using VideoWorks II and Studio 1 software. A media specialist videotaped exhibits at the museum, and the edited version was converted to a videodisc. The Hypercard stacks and the videodisc were connected using a Mac Plus computer and a Pioneer 4200 videodisc player. The Yup'ik computer applications are prepared for placement in rural Alaska villages to augment college distance education courses throughout the state. (KS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC