Done by: Mohammed Al_Tobi ...

Suleiman Al_Subeihi

Digital and Interactive

Television

1. Access
Digital and Interactive Television is accessible in which most types and levels of the learners
could access the digital and interactive television. Moreover, Digital and Interactive
Television is very flexible in which the target group could use it and benefit from its
capabilities and it fits most kinds of the learners.

2. Costs:
In the past, it is called interactive TV because the consumers had no options to subscribe in
some channels and no options to save some clips in TV by USB so, it wasn’t very expensive.
However, now, it is called Digital and Interactive TV because it has various options in
digital to make use of the implementations of latest technology such as subscription or using
USB therefore, it is very expensive. In addition, it depends on the size of classroom and
number of students to determine if learners need one TV each one or one TV for a group of
students. One more thing, if this technology costs a lot, there should be appropriate
alternatives such as using some offered DE technologies like Windows Live Meeting.

3. Teaching and Learning

It requires auditory and visual learning and they fit Distance Learning. Furthermore,
television has replaced its technology from analog to digital leading to a digital-interactive.
The best technologies for supporting teaching and learning in this environment are
Broadcasting, internet, microphone, and cameras. What’s more, content could be
integrated in DIT. This technology develops the skills of constructing and arranging the
production and distribution of information efficiently.

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4. Interactivity and User-friendliness:

It enhances synchronous interaction and asynchronous interaction because it could be alive

and replay. Also, it is easy to use and learn DIT because it fits most of the educational
levels.

5. Organizational Issues:
Organization and Institution requires Photographs, 2 D or 3 D graphics, animations with
audio visual stimulators and satellites to provide stability and support. The barriers to
using this technology successfully within the institution are Lack of the instructional
equipment and weakness of Infrastructure. Moreover, Organization must renew the devices
and follow the latest innovations in broadcasting to come up with the development of
digital-interactive television.

6. Novelty:
Naturally, the new in this technology is that there are improving data processing rates; the
capacities of computers, plus software have distinguished DIT appearance into every aspect
of life as well as in broadcasting. Its technical capabilities are Better quality audio and video
broadcast, more channels and higher capacity, capability to correct data errors which may
happen during broadcast, decrease in generation loss due to data copying, compatible and
cooperative with other transmitting environments like the Internet, easy access to audio
and video data, editing and archiving, and provision of mutual data transfer or briefly
interactivity.

7. Speed:
The content of the courses could be combined to DIT quickly and it distributes the courses
in short period by utilizing the capabilities of DIT. Actually, materials could be modified
anytime because DIT enables the users to save the editing files so, the content could be
changed quickly.