The Creation and Usage of Media in the Science Courseware

Hongying Zhang

Department of Educational Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.25004                

Abstract

In the process of creating science courseware for the new curriculum Science in China, a variety of media should be created and properly used. In this paper, the principles of media creation and application are discussed. The media creation should follow five points: scientific, effective, inspirational, technological, and artistic. The media application has to be consistent with using aims,
teaching content, teaching ways, and student cognition structure. At last, some media examples are illustrated.

Keywords

Scicence Courseware, Media Creation, Media Application

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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