Hypermedia for Teaching--A European Collaborative Venture.

The "Hypermedia for Teaching" project is a European collaborative venture designed to produce a hypermedia learning package that is published on CD-ROM. Two versions of the package are to be developed. One of these is intended to be used on a multimedia personal computer (MPC), while the other is to be used in conjunction with commercially available CD-I (compact disc-interactive) equipment. The MPC version of the package is currently being developed, and the CD-T version is being designed. The two versions will share a basic common architecture: the topmost level provides the generic control mechanisms for the system; the second level contains activities modules, either common core (dealing with a particular aspect of hypermedia theory, design, or practice) or application (dealing with the use of hypermedia methods within a particular domain); and the lowest level, documents, which make up the basic building blocks of the overall system. It was discovered that simple book and page structures, backgrounds, fields, graphic objects, and groups could be easily created using the basic set of tools provided by the ToolBook implementation language. The creation of a CD-ROM prototype disc involved four main stages: local testing and emulation; data transportation; building a disc image on magnetic disc; and transferring the disc image to a recordable compact disc using either a single session or multi-session CD recording unit. Several difficulties arose during the project: end-user interface design issues; consistency of treatment, consistency of style, and programming efficiency of scripts, modules and the CD-ROM; and limited resources. (Author/MAS) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************** .***************) **************** Hypermedia for Teaching A European Collaborative Venture U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OfItce 01 Educaoonal Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER kERICt 0 Thus document has Peen reproduced as recetved from the person or organaaoon onginat.ng rt C Mtnor changes haw made to trupro,,e reproduchon cluattly Ronts ot wee or opruons Stated rn trus docu ment do not neCessarrly represent ofIroat OEM posdon or pohCy Philip Barker Interactive Systems Research Group Human-Computer Interaction Laboratom School of Computing and Mathematics University of Teesside, United Kingdom Antonio Bartolome Departament de Didactica i Organitzacio Escolar Divisio de Ciencies de l'Educacio Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain -PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Gary H. Marks TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" Abstract: The 'Hypermedia for Teaching' project is a European collaborative venture designed to produce a hypermedia learning package that is published on compact disc readonly-memory (CD-ROM). Two versions of the package are to be developed. One of these is intended to be used on a multimedia personal computer (MPC)while the other is to be used in conjunction with commercially available CD-I (compact disc interactive) equipment. The MPC version of the package is currently being developed and the CD-I version is being designed. This paper describes the Hypermedia for Teaching project and its current status. It also discusses the logistics and problems of running a large multi-national hypermedia project. The 'Hypermedia for Teaching' project is a European collaborative venture designed to produce a hypermedia learning package that is published on compact disc readonly-memory (CD-ROM). Two versions of the package are to be developed. One of these is intended to be used on a multimedia personal computer (MPC)while the other is to be used in conjunction with commercially available CD-I (compact disc interactive) equipment. The MPC version of the package is currently being developed and the CD-I version is being designed. This paper describes the Hypermedia for Teaching project and its current status. It also discusses the logistics and problems of running a large multi-national hypermedia project.