Active multimodal presentations, an overview

This workshop is concerned with a new approach to constructing effective, stand alone, multimodal presentational content, referred to as active multimodal presentation (AMP). This article provides a brief overview of this new type of content, outlines the basic differences between modes of multimodal presentations in general and the tools required for developing them. AMP, as a special type of computer-based multimodal presentation is then discussed, to show that while a bespoke application will make use of the full potential of AMP technology, simpler solutions, based on tools that are readily available, could provide immediate access to such effective means of producing presentations.