Abstract:
In the present context of world peace, there is an urgent need of
strengthening the Teaching of Social, Economical, Cultural, Religious and
Technological Values in the society. Since Social Sciences a wonderful treasure house
of information and values, teaching of Social Sciences should be made more interesting
to the students to learn at all the levels. In recent years there has been an explosion of
interest in using computers in various academic disciplines across the curriculum at all
levels. Computer is an important resource, providing number of facilities like learning,
open distance learning, virtual classroom learning, web based teaching and
learning or learning through internet, games and puzzles, projects etc. In this regard
Multimedia has stimulated Social Sciences teachers to seek innovative strategies in
teaching learning process. These strategies are concerned with the systematic
application of various media and skills to the requirements of educating the syllabus of
Social Sciences. Based on instructional design, a Computerised Multimedia Package is
prepared with the combination of text, graphics, sound, animation and video elements.
It is an individualized learning Package with Multimedia techniques which has built-in self-
evaluation-process also. This was validated by different groups of experts at
different levels and was also field tested.
