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FDN 5420: Hypermedia in Education

Course Topics

  1. Theory and Research
    1. A Place to Start Your Research
    2. Linear and non-linear learning environments
      1. Hypermedia, Multimedia and Hypertext
        Engines for Education
      2. Constructionist learning environments
        Pedagogy for the 21st Century
      3. An International Web-Based Teachers' Magazine
        The International Education Webzine
      4. A Complete MultiMedia Lab
        The MIT Media Lab
      5. A List of Resources
        Teaching with Electronic Technology
      6. Another List of Resources at the
        Texas Center for Education Technology (You may also want to check out the TCET home page while you're here.)
      7. Dynamic Graphics Project (Human-Computer Interaction)
        Advanced graphics labs
      8. Desktop Publishing resource site
      9. Virtual Reality in Instruction
        Examples of VR in Education
      10. Advanced Computer Art and Design
      11. White Papers on Hypermedia in Industry
    3. What does the research say about hypermedia in relation to teaching and learning?
      1. Smith, Irene. Hypermedia: A Review of the Literature and a Survey of Student Perceptions. ISTE Publications, Eugene, OR 1993.
      2. Kommers, Piet A. M. "Research on the Use of Hypermedia" in Hypermedia Learning Environments. Kommers, et. al., L. Erlbaum Associates, Publisher. Mahwah, NJ, 1996.
      3. Eklund, John. Cognitive models for structuring hypermedia and implications for learning from the world-wide web.
  2. Developing Hypermedia Applications
    1. How to Build a (Dynamic) Web-Based Course
    2. Node Characteristics and Guidelines
    3. Link Characteristics and Guidelines
    4. Human-Computer Interface Design
    5. Screen Design
    6. User Support Strategies
  3. Hypermedia Development Tools
    1. Powerpoint
    2. HTML / FrontPage
    3. Flash / SWiSH
    4. Camtasia
    5. Hyperstudio / Toolbook
    6. Others
  4. Models and Frameworks for Web Course Design
    1. Two views of creating and using hypermedia in instruction
      Delivering Instruction on the WWW
    2. Using the Internet as a Classroom Resource
    3. Education Subjects on the Net
    4. Using the Internet in Your Instruction
    5. Hypermedia and the Design of Instruction
    6. WebCT and Blackboard are tools that facilitate the creation of sophisticated WWW-based educational environments. They can be used to create entire on-line courses, or to simply publish materials that supplement existing courses.
    7. This book will be indispensable when you start writing HTML. Elizabeth Castro, HTML For the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition, Peachpit Press, 1997.
  5. Effective Interaction with Web Courses
    1. Tools for Interaction
      1. MUDs, MOOs, 2/3D MultiuserVirtual Worlds
      2. Education Technology: Educational VR
    2. Strategies for interaction and collaboration
  6. Course Delivery Issues: Managing and Using Technology
    1. Registration
    2. Management of Assignments
    3. Record Keeping
    4. Evaluation
    5. Motivation
    6. Monitoring Along the Way
  7. Business and Industrial Uses of Hypermedia Tools
  8. Current Issues in the Development and Use of Virtual Reality:

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