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A Study on the Development of Multimedia Contents for Preservice Teacher Eduction Focused on Early Childhood Language Arts Courses

A multimedia instruction that integrates different types of media is a way to maximize learning effectiveness, and three-dimensional lessons through a variety of multimedia will be able to offer a more realistic education as an innovative alternative to one-sided, lecture-oriented instruction. The growth of computer engineering has an extremely positive effect on early childhood education as well as prospective teacher education for young children. In order to meet the demands of the times and keep up with the changing educational environment, this studies intent is to develop multimedia contents for early childhood language arts courses, to suggest how it could be developed, and finally suggest its practical use. 1. The need for the development of multimedia contents The advance of computer technology plays an instrumental role in impacting not only preservice teacher education in early childhood education department but early childhood education as well. Universities need to develop teaching and learning methods utilizing multimedia to its fullest as a means to replace traditional face-to-face education. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to develop multimedia content for early childhood language arts courses to keep up with the changing educational environment. By early childhood, nearly 90 percent of all language skills are developed, therefore it is a critical period for language development. Consequently, language education is one of the primary early childhood education areas. So, it is very meaningful to develop multimedia contents for early childhood language arts courses which educators in the field of Early childhood education and parents would be interested in. The educational benefits of multimedia contents can be listed as below: Multimedia contents can raise learner achievement. The contents developed in this study were designed to teach theories through text and movies, pictures, sound and animation and were employed for practical lessons. It also provides both the theory and practical knowledge of early childhood language arts, empowering learners to learn in an easier and more motivated manner through both the internet or with a CDROM title, without being restricted by time and space. 2. Multimedia