The word media comes from Latin in which it is the
plural of medium. It means something that is located in the middle of two
parts. Therefore educational media can be interpreted as something that leads
educational messages between the giver and the receiver. In Webster Dictionary
(1960), media or medium is everything located in the middle in the form of
stage or instrument which is used as the connectors between two things.
Association Educational Communication and Technology
(AECT, 1977) defines media as all forms used to distribute information.
Difference from Briggs (1977) who said that media are essentially physical
tools to bring the content of learning. Another opinion said that media is
something located in the middle; it’s a connector. Bretz (1971) connect all of
those who need relationship and distinguish between communication media and
communication tools. The difference is that the AECT’s definition of media is
something which enables present the information and move the whole mutual
action between the rests of the object being studied; the second one is purely
to support the teacher presentation. From all off those definitions above, it
can be concluded that media are people, materials, tools or events that can
create conditions that allow students to receive knowledge, skills and
attitude. Every medium is a tool to get to a destination. Medium is an integral
part in the learning process, there is division of responsibilities between
teachers and the media.
There are some kinds of
media:
1. Visual Media
Visual media also
called view media because someone can appreciate the media through his
eyesight. This media can be divided into two kinds: visual media that are not
projected and visual media that are projected. Visual media that are not
projected are simple media that do not need projectors and screens to project
software. It is for example, picture, caricature, poster, graphic, realia,
diagram, etc. Visual media that are projected are media visual that can be
projected by a projector. By the projector, the material or software can be
projected in the screen, for example, OHP and slide projector, filmstrip, etc.
2. Audio media
By this media, all the
information and materials can be delivered by many ways, for example recording
the sound of human or animal to learn. Types of audio media that can be used in
the classroom are various types of recording equipment, for example, tape
recorder, radio or mp3.
3. Audio visual media
By this media someone
not only can see but also can hear something that is visualized, for example,
television and sound slide.
4. Multimedia
It is the use of
various types of media sequentially or simultaneously to provide information,
for example, interactive media, multimedia kits, hypertext, etc.
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