Websites, audio guides, podcasts, interactive screens, CD Roms

Advantages

• appeals to a wide audience including younger people
  

• not intrusive in the landscape

• opportunities for creative and exciting use of design, sound and/or images

• can be multi-layered

• opportunities for creative characterisation

• can be multilingual

• can be used as story-telling

• material that can be downloaded from the internet is accessible from some people’s home or own equipme

• information is easily updated
  

• can be innovative and interactive

Disadvantages

• relatively expensive start up costs

• some people unconfident using ICT

• users need access to specialist equipment –a computer, mobile phone, audio equipment, MP3 etc

• possible safety issues associated with use

• can isolate users from each other and from the site features

• important operational issues such as hire, storage and charging of equipment

• technology is developing rapidly so systems vulnerable to dating quickly

• equipment can develop faults easily

• vulnerable to damage and theft

• can be expensive to operate

• require regular maintenance e.g. charging batteries for mobile devices