The Role of Audio-Visual Media in Education

The theoretical questions of the design and methodology of utilizing of audiovisual messages, which are drawn up for instruction constantly acquire major importance in the context of development of the multimedia systems. There is a question whether the possibilities of the instruction are described and investigated sufficiently in practice. This paper would like to indicate the well-arranged basic methodological roles of the use of audio-visual messages in instruction.

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