Thursday, February 12, 2015

Hofstetter, F. T. (1994). Is multimedia the next literacy? Educator's Tech Exchange, 2(3), 6-13.

Categories: Technology

Summary:

Hofstetter proved to be correct in his prediction that multimedia literacy would be the next big skillset needed throughout the professional fields. Forward-thinking individuals, academic programs, and businesses recognized the need for such training and became early adapters of the various formats and skills he outlined.

Citation-worthy: 

"Multimedia is redefining the communication system that forms the infrastructure of the society in which we work and live" (Hofstetter, 1994, p. 8).

"To state the need succinctly: Everyone who plans to function productively in twenty-first century society needs to know about multimedia" (Hofstetter, 1994, p. 12).