Evaluation of Multimedia Contents for Supporting Different Types of Self-learning

In recent years, information technology (IT) has been introduced to various educational fields. Thus, a students can study to play multimedia contents in anywhere and anytime. However, Japanese students spend short time on self-learning compared with other countries. Considering this fact, we propose a multimedia switching system to improve their learning time and understanding. In the system, multimedia contents are provided to reflect both knowledge and skills for keeping a self-learning time, motivation and understanding. The system is an educational content to switch their operation, media, quality reflected as a learning support functions. In this paper, we discuss about preliminary evaluation of the multimedia contents for supporting some types of self-learning.