Multimedia lecture room: A new tool for education

With the development of new technologies it has become possible to use on a large screen projector for lectures. The educator can use a multimedia performance as a new and powerful tool for the presentation of educational information instead of a monotonous chalk talk. To adopt this multimedia learning environment it Is necessary to solve two main problems: the creation of a specialized multimedia lecture room and to equipping it with appropriate hardware and software for designing and delivering lectures. The aim of this paper is to give information on our way of solving these problems. A specialized multimedia lecture room is described. The authoring system ''LECTOR-MM'', intended for preparation and delivery of multimedia lectures, is also presented.