Rapidly advancing capabilities in PC-based multimedia technology are providing new opportunities for delivery of educational material. Multimedia technology is being introduced at all levels of the degrees in Electronics and Communications at the University of New England (UNE). In this paper attention is drawn the use of multimedia technology through the example of a fourth-year education package on signal processing. We have used this multimedia education package for teaching and learning during formal class periods and to encourage students to use the technology in their own personal study and projects in order to increase their engineering generic skills. The success of the venture has encouraged us to extend the technology to other selected units in the UNE engineering programs.