This study aims to investigate secondary school students' reading comprehension and navigation of networked hypertexts with and without a graphic overview compared to linear digital texts. Additionally, it was studied whether prior knowledge, vocabulary, verbal, and visual working memory moderated the relation between text design and…

Wikis are one of the newest features of Web 2.0. This article describes the implementation of a project in a marketing course in which students created an interactive textbook using wiki software. Several surprises encountered along the way are described, and the unique problem of grading individual contributions to a wiki is discussed. The author…

Presents a manifesto proposing the creation of a new kind of poetry--virtual poetry--that exists only in electronic space and computer networks. States that this new poetry is interactive, animated, hyper-linked, and navigational. (PA)

Describes the Theory Into Practice (TIP) project that involved the development of a hypertext database for theories of learning and instruction for three different hypermedia systems: Hyperties on the PC, HyperCard on the Macintosh, and the World Wide Web on the Internet. (Author/LRW)

Describes how to make a home page for the World Wide Web using HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and a browser. Punctuation and tags are explained; an online address for useful information on Web browsers, HTML editors, graphics, and other help is given; and addresses for various Internet sites are included. (LRW)

Provides guidelines for home page design, and suggests that the physical appearance of a home page is similar to that of a good graphical user interface. In designing a complete home page file, the premise is that basic hypertext design principles could also be applied in the World Wide Web environment. (Author/JKP)

Describes the World Wide Web (WWW), a navigational tool to organize information on the Internet into a set of hypertext documents. Hypertext is explained; relationships between WWW, Gopher, and Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) are discussed; and future possibilities are considered. (Contains three references.) (LRW)

Describes and defines the relationship between and capabilities of World Wide Web (WWW) and Mosaic, a software interface program. The uses of hypertext and hypermedia and possibilities for educational use of Mosaic are mentioned. A sidebar includes information on recommended material on the WWW and Mosaic. (JKP)

Provides definitions for 71 terms related to the Internet, including Archie, bulletin board system, cyberspace, e-mail (electronic mail), file transfer protocol, gopher, hypertext, integrated services digital network, local area network, listserv, modem, packet switching, server, telnet, UNIX, WAIS (wide area information servers), and World Wide…

Presents an annotated bibliography of materials on hypertext/hypermedia. Information available on the World Wide Web is described; journals that cover hypermedia are listed; and the main bibliography is divided into 3 sections on general hypertext applications (17 titles), DOS/Windows applications (17 titles), and HyperCard applications (18…

Discusses microcomputer-based reformatting of text to help learners with disabilities. Highlights include letter size; spacing; copyright problems; expanding the target audience to make systems more cost effective; writing skills; voice input; and further enhancements, including networked systems and the use of hypertext. (14 references) (LRW)

Discusses the World Wide Web (W3) and its relevance to a philosophy of science. Topics include PORIDGE, an electronically mediated encyclopedia of postmodern knowledge; hypertext mark-up language; W3 as a medium for information ecologies; the relationship between W3 and the user; social manufacture of knowledge; and W3 as a model. (29 references)…

Examines communication technologies in the workplace, provides a brief overview of current research, and offers questions for further exploration. Offers a personal perspective based on the author's experiences as a product manager for NCR Corporation and as a computer industry consultant. Includes discussions on voice mail, fax, hypermedia, and…

Describes a visual tutoring system for programming distributive-memory multiprocessor networks. Highlights include difficulties of parallel programming, and three instructional modes in the system, including a hypertext-like lecture, a question-answer mode, and an expert aid mode. (Author/LRW)

For some reason, the idea of the nature writer at work in the open air has been exalted, and it is difficult to think that writing about nature might be compatible with computers, the ultimate indoor toy. However, for students learning to write about nature, a networked computer environment may be the best place to be, not for replacing the…