Interactive Multimedia: Animation

Animation

Animation in education makes the teaching learning process more interactive, interesting and
helps to engage learners. It makes the learning easy, understandable and also saving time.

Animation will make the object or situation looks real on the screen.

Animation can be create by using various objects, images, shadow, hand movement, movement
of the pictures, puppets etc.

Earlier there was 2D animation, but now a days even by using mobile or tablets one can create
animation effect on images. Using animation at appropriate time in the video is also important.
Adding animation effect to some small stages like move forward, go next, turn page, next slides
etc. will also help learner to go forward with the interactive multimedia package.

Animation can be used in the beginning to create effective beginning of the package, and
in between animation will bring life to the content and at the end of the will give last long effect
in learners mind.

In this image above there is a beautiful animation created for campfire. The flames of the fire
are moving. Even the shades of colours are appropriate. Even smiley effects to the each
feedback will motivate learner towards learner. That arrow sign is blinking will show learner
the direction to go.

In this image in entire screen there is an animation for clouds, water streams, river are
adding more clarity to the learner about how exactly Rain will happen.
Even specified instructions at each steps will lead learner towards the content and
engaging learner in learning process.

Sometime using real object behind and using creative outline around object will also give
effect of an animation. Learner will get real time effect while watching this kind of effects.
Even creating smiley faces  and adding some animation effects will make the multimedia
package more interactive to the learner.

In the screenshot above the animation first shows with the cartoon character  who come out of
from the hut and then one huge stone appear which look like real stone on screen.
This kind of effects can be created by 3D effects.  Even there is an instruction for clicking at the
stone will redirect the student to see detail related stone and moving stone will increase learners
interest towards the
content.

So now using multimedia packages is must for making teaching learning process more interesting
and effective.

Resources: All the images above is copyrighted to the Department of Educational Technology, Juhu, Mumbai.