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A seminar- and practical-based paper that looks in detail at design issues when working with digital media.

Objectives

• Develop understanding and skills in the areas of multimedia interface design, digital sound and video, and multimedia authoring.
• Develop a framework for understanding the theory and technology of multimedia systems and their application to real world problems.
• Examine the difference between linear and non-linear interactive content.
• Learn how to work within an interdisciplinary group; to plan and manage a multimedia project and test a prototype.
• Challenge the prevailing assumptions and attitudes that underlie the design of much of the work currently being produced by the multimedia industry.