Study on Application of Multimedia Technology in Teaching Ideological and Political Theories Course of Universities

At the information age, multimedia has been used in many aspects of daily life, including the teaching of ideological and political theories course in universities. It helps to stimulate students' initiatives and to convert teachers' teaching techniques. However, some problems appear in such an application, such as teachers' over-dependence on multimedia, inappropriately handling tremendous and complex information, improper recognition of multimedia and unclear target of multimedia teaching. Therefore, the multimedia teaching needs to be promoted by combining with teaching goals, contents and other teaching techniques so as to improve education quality of ideological and political theories course of universities. Ideological and political theories course of universities aims to educate students with ideological and political theories and Marxism, and contributes to build correct outlooks on life, world and value of students. The teaching methods must be modified for the purpose of advancement of this course. And multimedia teaching refers to make classes more lively and active by processing words, pictures and videos in order to encourage students' initiatives for learning.