
Apart from text and images, existing tools were found to have multimedia components such as audio, video, animation and 3-D. Future research directions are also provided. The review examines various case study reports of multimedia tools, their success and limiting factors, application areas, evaluation methodologies, technology components, and age groups targeted by the tools. The review process includes conducting an extensive search of relevant scientific literature, selection of relevant studies using a pre-determined inclusion criteria, literature analysis, and synthesis of the findings of the various studies that have investigated how multimedia have been used for learning and teaching processes. This paper provides a systematic review of different multimedia tools in the teaching and learning processes with a view to examining how multimedia technologies have proven to be a veritable strategy for bridging the gap in the provision of unrestricted access to quality education and improved learners' performance.

Efforts at opening the access to a large majority of citizens in developing nations have explored different strategies including the use of multimedia technology. Access to quality education is still a major bottleneck in developing countries.
