Audio tapes can contain instruction, discussions, drills, songs, etc. Instructors are video- taped giving lectures complete with diagrams and other visual media. Class discussions are often taped as well. Videos can be stopped, rewound, and watched again until the content is grasped. Curriculum on CD-ROM includes a series of lessons with questions and automatic grading.
Multimedia is interesting to students.
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