AN IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW METHODS VIA INTERACTIVE MEDIA IN THE ARTS TEACHING

Since the mid-1980s, "media arts"-defined as the "study and practice of examining human communication through photography, film or video, audio, computer or digital arts, and interactive media"-within the realm of aesthetic education and considered it one of six arts areas. This research explores how the media arts comprise of a New Methods via interactive Info media in the Arts Teaching a range of art forms that have in common their composition and transmission through film, television, radio, print, gaming and web-based media. Increasingly, they are characterised by digitisation and transmission via electronic media. In common with all art forms, in their making and reception, they excite and extend the imagination, and express, inspire critique or entertain with representations of lived experience and culture. Media Arts in Practice gives students opportunities to create and share media artworks that convey meaning and express insight. Media artworks respond to individual, group or community needs and issues, within a variety of contexts and for a variety of purposes. Through media art making processes and practices, students develop self-knowledge through self-expression, provide commentary or critique, explore social, community and/or cultural identity, and develop aesthetic skills and appreciation.