Students can write and edit their work, look for synonyms in a thesaurus. Results allow users to see and hear a process or change over time and with movement. They can see a chemical reaction taking place rather than just read about it. Authoring enables student to tap into or combine many resources to create new, professional looking multimedia projects that express their own ideas and concepts. Teacher as the provider of material to be learned usually through lectures.
Students are dependent on the teacher and learning is more passive.
Student-centered learning with the teacher as the facilitator. Students become more independent learners. They actively seek and gather information, formulate questions, and compare conclusions. Students and teacher engage in an active and interactive process of finding material developing a theme and creating the project. Completing worksheets, chapter questions and sets of homework problems Project oriented instruction.