Affiliation:
1. Copperbelt University, Zambia
2. Salem State University, USA
Abstract
Dissemination of teaching-learning information through online and distance-learning methods can only be effective if the materials are interactively presented among all the stakeholders, that is, the teacher, the learner, and the content itself. The content being used need to dynamically respond according to the prevailing learning circumstances that may demand the interactivity involving text, video, audio, graphics, and animation in a real-time environment. Based on this premise, Macromedia Director-MX Lessons Development system, abbreviated in this work as MAD-LED Model, was envisaged. The MAD-LED Model utilises the combination of nonverbal immediacy and multimedia Macromedia Director-MX technologies. The situational variable of teacher nonverbal immediacy is associated with student's motivation to study and is thus essential for effective classroom instruction. The multimedia Macromedia Director-MX tools such as cast, stage, score, and control panel are used to design and develop animation utilising the text, video, audio, and graphics.