About us

Welcome to the Educational Media Group

The Educational Media Group is part of the Teaching and Learning Portfolio and is committed to supporting and enhancing teaching and learning within the university. We assist and advise schools and educators across the university in the production of innovative and high quality teaching and learning materials.

Our group provides expertise in multimedia production, graphic design, web development, video production, photography, research and innovation. The Copyright Management Service provides practical support and authoritative advice through its copyright permission seeking service and University wide professional development activities.

We pride ourselves on our breadth of skills and understanding of sound educational media and our ability to apply that knowledge for the benefit of our clients.

Overview of Educational Media Group

Web Development

We have a broad range of skills including HTML, Flash and database development. Increasingly, there is a need to develop sites to allow non-technical users to update web content and maintain sites. EMG facilitates this through our own developments and by investigating and trialling proprietary applications.

We follow the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 and are members of the Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities and Web Standards Group - Melbourne.

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Graphic Design/Illustration

We provide expertise in web interface design, visual branding and design of course material.

Our graphic designers can also create technical illustrations, line drawings, explanatory diagrams and other images.

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Video/Audio Production

Our video producers are experts in script writing, studio and location video production, audio recording, video editing and digital delivery techniques.

Video and audio production has been a valuable part of RMIT's educational delivery for many years. With the development of the Internet, CD-ROM and DVD, the role of video and audio production has correspondingly expanded across the university and can now be a core part of online course delivery.

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Photography

Our photographer is available for location or studio photography that supports teaching and learning, research and images of long-term significance to the university. Most of these images are included in RMIT Images which is a library of around 10,000 RMIT copyright images that can be used for any bona fide university business.

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Animation

We have produced hundreds of animations, interactive activities and simulations. These are most commonly developed in Flash.

The complexity of these can vary from a simple animation to an interactive activity with complex action script programming. They can then be uploaded into the DLS, built into a website or demonstrated in a lecture.

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Online Course Development

The diversity of RMIT necessitates equally diverse methods for delivering courseware and other material. The EMG provides support for the development of media that can be delivered via a range of platforms and media formats. These include:

The DLS – Blackboard
Offshore Delivery: RMIT Vietnam – Blackboard, African Virtual University – WebCT
CD, DVD and tape format

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Multimedia

New software packages now enable us to integrate video, photographs, drawings, text and animations in whatever way best suits the needs of our clients and the student body. Delivered on-line or by DVD or CD-Rom our multimedia presentations allow the student to learn at their own pace and in their own time and are becoming increasingly popular as a means of presenting complex demonstrations and learning activities.

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Copyright Management Service

The main focus of the service is to seek permission for the use of 3^rdparty copyright works within RMIT’s electronic program and course environments.

The Copyright Service also provides authoritative advice through individual discussions, school and department seminars/workshops and educational resources, to enhance understandings of Copyright Law in the development of online learning environments.

For further information please visit the Copyright Management Service webpage.

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Research and Development

We are currently engaged in a number of research areas:

Collaborative development tools: Contribute
Data exchange: XML
Presentation modes: PowerPoint to Flash conversion
Object-oriented Flash development: Reusability

CSS Layout
Designing and developing for accessibility
Software demonstration tools: RoboDemo and Camtasia
QuickTime VR
3D Modelling: Cinema 4D

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RMIT Design and Production Network

The EMG identified the need to establish a network to bring together the pockets of production groups throughout the University. The DPN forums have proven a great success in facilitating this community of practice to meet and share their work, research and challenges.

For further information please visit the RMIT DPN webpage.

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