The goal of a class learning activity is to help students (and possibly yours truly) gain practical knowledge
about a topic or skill related to multimedia e-learning.
Bear in mind that a learning activity is more than a passive Powerpoint presentation.
You should plan on leading the class for about 10 minutes, give or take 5 minutes.

Here are some other possible topics:

• A web site that illustrates (either positively or negatively) a cognitive principle from e-Learning and the Science of Instruction,
  principles or user interface design and/or technical implementation in Flash or DHTML
• Introduce or present any interesting feature of a multimedia tool, such as Freehand, Fireworks, Quicktime, Adobe Premiere, CoolEdit, etc.
• New or advanced features of media tools such as Flash or Dreamweaver learning extensions, Photoshop plug-ins
• Using ActionScript or JavaScript to provide more interactivity
• Experiences with analysis, design or implementation of your own piece, such as video or audio production, or working with expert teachers…
• Research and development issues of multimedia, such as multimedia and XML, 3D graphics, using alpha channel in graphics
• Issues of instructional design, e-learning, CLIPPER project…

Arrange presentations with me (Prof Blank) at least one class in advance, by sending me an outline (e-mail is fine).

Prepare an outline organizing your learning hierarchically. Here's a boiler-plate top level outline:

• Title
• Introduce your main idea
• Two or three main points for discussion
• Learning exercise
• Summarize

Estimate how long your activity will take. Again, you have about 10 minutes, give or take 5 minutes, but refine your estimate
when you submit your outline.

Pointers for presentation:

• Clear PowerPoint, slides, handout or software examples.
• Don't put too much text in, just bullet a few main ideas on each screen; use graphics.
• Don't read the computer screen; speak to the audience.
• Project your voice so that it's easy to hear you in back of room. (I am hard of hearing!)
• Stay within time limit (tell me in advance how long you think your presentatation will take)
• Include activities that stimulate your audience to think more deeply, discuss, and/or do something
• Answer any questions clearly.

Prof Blank