Digital Media Primer

Description

For introductory digital media courses that originate in computer science, art, communication, or digital media departments. Digital media courses arise in a variety of contexts --Computer Science, Art, Communication. This innovative series makes it easy for instructors and students to learn the concepts of digital media from whichever perspective they choose. Digital Media Primer introduces the core concepts and practice that are applicable in digital media without taking a discipline-specific approach. Students gain a strong foundation in digital imaging, audio, video, multimedia authoring, and more, enabling them to then transition to a discipline-specific track. Instructor Resources: *Community Website*Downloadable Solutions Student Resources: *Active Book (e-book version)

Yue-Ling Wong is the author for two of the proposed books in the Digital Media Series, A Primer of Digital Media and The Art of Digital Media. She holds a joint faculty position in the Computer Science and Art Departments at Wake Forest University as Lecturer in Digital Media. She has taught the Digital Media course of Computer Science Department, designed the multimedia labs for Computer Science 101 (a course for non-computer science majors), team-taught Art Department's Digital Art I, II and III, and taught courses in 3-D Modeling and Animation, and Advanced Web Programming. She is also designing and teaching a new introductory computer programming course using the visual approaches of interactive multimedia programming, game programming, and graphic animation. Dr. Wong has ten years of experience in developing interactive multimedia instructional material for both science and non-science disciplines. Her educational software package entitled Atomic Orbitals CD and published in 1997 by Jones and Bartlett Publishers was a finalist of the NewMedia magazine INVISION '97 award in the educational category.