About this book

The purpose of this eBook is to provide a framework for designing educational multimedia projects.

In addition this eBook provides an example of a multimedia project itself.

The primary audience for this eBook is instructional design students in the University of Massachusetts-Boston instructional design program. However, the content will be generic enough that it will fit within any instructional design or instructional technology program.

The primary audience for this eBook is instructional design students in the University of Massachusetts-Boston instructional design program. However, the content will be generic enough that it will fit within any instructional design or instructional technology program.

Editor and primary author

Rebecca J. Hogue is an Associate Lecturer at University of Massachusetts-Boston. She is pursuing a PhD in Education at the University of Ottawa, Canada and is co-founder of Virtually Connecting. Her professional background is in instructional design and software quality assurance. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Distributed Learning, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. Rebecca teaches courses on instructional design foundations, the design and instruction of online courses, building educational multimedia, and designing online professional presence. She has over 15-years experience as an instructional designer in a variety of contexts (private sector, higher education, medical education). In addition, Rebecca is prolific blogger, sharing her professional experiences, her journey through health challenges, and her travel adventures. Rebecca currently resides in Sunnyvale, California.