Networked Media Parallel to the DAISy model is the concept of Networked Media. Networked media defines the visual, animated and audio resources presented and supported by a client-server environment. Unlike conventional multimedia designed for a single desktop setting, the dimensions of Networked Media must be developed around the current parameters of the client-server domains. Working closely with the LRS operators is the Networked Media specialist. The Networked Media specialist is responsible for overseeing multimedia publishing on the LRS and mentoring authors who are interested in developing such resources.
Networked media can serve to supplement the exchange of knowledge within a community of learners.
On the LRS server, the dominant use of digital images is to identify those publishers and authors associated with specific communities. For example, many of our technology courses have developed documents which include individualized digital images of all class members. Because most communication is exchanged electronically, students can access these images to identify with whom they are electronically communicating. Likewise, digital images are used to contextualize many of our projects and ideas. For example, images from the TTA Noon Project help the many international participants verify the correct procedures.