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This paper proposes a classification that should help understanding key aspects of multimedia application in eLearning tools. The classification tries to cover important aspects of multimedia application in eLearning tools: communication channels and exchange of different types of contents throughout the channels, understanding in communication, and the ways of object manipulation in the user-tool interaction. Types of contents are classified according to the senses they affect on both sides of communication channels. The paper presents characteristics of 30 representative tools through a uniformly structured text. The presented tools are analyzed according to the proposed classification. A view of the future challenges, based on an analysis of the global trends in the area, is given.
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This work has been partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (projects TR32039, TR32047, III44006, and III44009).
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Stanisavljevic, Z., Nikolic, B., Tartalja, I. et al. A classification of eLearning tools based on the applied multimedia. Multimed Tools Appl 74, 3843–3880 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-013-1802-4
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