http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/authors/paul-garrud/ Recent content in Paul Garrud on Ariadne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/8/patient-education/ Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/8/patient-education/ Multimedia has been used as a learning resource in HE for a few years now. Whilst some early products were little more than books-on-CD-ROM, current material commonly uses the additional functionality that multimedia offers - e.g. animation. Programs intended primarily for higher education, however, still mostly lack the appeal of commercial “edutainment”. Yet one shouldn’t neglect the presentation and visual impact of educational packages because they engage the user’s motivation, attention and aesthetic sense.