Chapters * Title * Contents * Introduction * Place * System * Design * Using * Future * Bibliography
Sections
* Place * Constructionist * Evocative * Crystallizing * MediaFusion * Organizing * Why * Glass * Multiplayer * Reflection * MUD
Discussing Dynamics: MediaFusion
MediaFusion Screen
MediaFusion (Borovoy, Cooper, and Bellamy, 1993) is an application that allows video to be annotated for the purpose of
supporting discussion on some topic. Annotations can take the form of other pieces of video or documents from a chart-making
application which can be manipulated in place.
MediaFusion is of interest because of the way it lets students refer to dynamic media. Through the simple mechanism of having
annotations show up on the scroll bar, MediaFusion lets students comment of pieces on video. The combination of source video
and annotations can then be watched and further annotated by other students. MediaFusion thus brings video out of the realm of
things that are passively watched--making it part of a conversation between students.
Greg Kimberly/gregkimb@gak.com