CONSTRUCTION OF A VISUAL (VIDEO-SUPPORTED ACTIVE LEARNING) RESOURCE

QuickTime(TM) conventions allow digitized video to be stored and playe d from the hard disc of an Apple Macintosh(TM) or IBM PC microcomputer . This provides an opportunity to create interactive video-based tutor ial support which combines the motivational attractions of videotape m aterial with the targeted, active learning available with CAL. This pa per describes the VISUAL (VIdeo SUpported Active Learning) shell for c reating and using such resources. In addition to access to individual segments of the digitized video, VISUAL resources allow the user to in teract with it via a hierarchical descriptive script of the contents, and to select and reorder just those parts of the video that they wish to use, thereby giving unprecedented user control over the resource. The specific project described is the creation of a VISUAL resource of a session between a speech therapist and a client with a voice disord er. We believe that the VISUAL technique provides a cost-effective met hod for adding value to existing video resources, and that it is parti cularly powerful for applications involving learning by observation.