Editorial: Multimedia in Technology Enhanced Learning

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The advent of new technologies such as the Multimedia and Internet of Things has brought opportunities for Technology Enhanced Learning. The technologies with Multimedia can be applied the intelligence functions to learning which range from Smart School, Smart Class to Smart Learning at Home and so on. Accordingly, the assessment and evaluation methods need to be developed and involved into the iterative designing process. This new notion involves some tasks in which traditions are replaced by multimedia technology requiring manual discrimination and resolution to reach the optimization. In addition, with the development of Internet of Things, Technology Enhanced Learning application pays greater attention to the interconnection between multi-modal interactive technologies and information systems to the maximum extent possible. Based these new technologies, the increasing networking in different scales from global to local is having a profound effect on learning and teaching. It makes new forms of collaborative and personalized learning experiences reality. Then it can be seen that further efficient management and deeper analysis of Technology Enhanced Learning are the key tasks in developing smart school or individual learning application at home based on Multimedia technologies. …