Beating the Book

AbstractIn this investigation of the educational potential of CD-ROM as a hypermedia environment for education, technological constraints and design challenges are cited suggesting that the success of CD-ROM as an alternative to paper-based media is not a foregone conclusion. It is shown that advances are needed in storage capacity, bandwidth, retrieval time, portability, and input/output technology. Challenges in the design of hypertext systems are identified, such as overcoming many inherent constraints of electronic media, improving modes of information access, filtering unwanted information, allowing users to act as designers, and achieving system compatibility and standardization.

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