Multimedia and video related technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. This volume critically examines new research on how multimedia technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement and collaboration in and out of the classroom.

List of Contributors. Inventive Approaches in Higher Education: An Introduction to Using Multimedia Technologies. Higher Education: A Medium in Search of a Message. Using Technology and Digital Narratives to Engage Doctoral Students in Self-Authorship and Learning Partnerships. Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: Transmedia Storytelling. Technology and the Changing Nature of Narratives in Language Learning and Teaching. Promoting Engagement Through a Student-Built Digital Atlas of Maori Studies. Learner Engagement in an Intercultural Virtual Experience. Video Annotation for Collaborative Connections to Learning: Case Studies from an Australian Higher Education Context. Innovative Teaching Methods for Using Multimedia Maps to Engage Students at a Distance. Developing Global Perspectives, Responsibility, and Partnerships Through Videoconferencing. About the Authors. Author Index. Subject Index. Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Multimedia Technologies: Video Annotation, Multimedia Applications, Videoconferencing and Transmedia Storytelling. Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education. Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education. Copyright page.