Hypermedia
Hypermedia, an extension of the term hypertext, is a nonlinear medium of information that includes graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks. This designation contrasts with the broader term multimedia, which may include non-interactive linear presentations as well as hypermedia. It is also related to the field of electronic literature. The term was first used in a 1965 article written by Ted Nelson.[1][2]
The
The first hypermedia work was, arguably, the
Development tools
Hypermedia may be developed in a number of ways. Any
Hypermedia applications may be developed on embedded devices for the mobile and the
Hyperlinks may also be added to
Learning
There have been a number of theories concerning hypermedia and learning. One important claim in the literature on hypermedia and learning is that it offers more control over the instructional environment for the reader or student. Another claim is that it levels the playing field among students of varying abilities and enhances collaborative learning. A claim from psychology includes the notion that hypermedia more closely models the structure of the brain, in comparison with printed text.[4]
Application programming interfaces
Hypermedia is used as a medium and constraint in certain
See also
- Cybertext
- Electronic literature
- Hyperland is a 1990 documentary film that focuses on Douglas Adams and explains adaptive hypertext and hypermedia.
- Metamedia
References
- ISBN 978-1-4503-7495-8.
- ^ Rettberg, Jill Walker. "Complex Information Processing: A File Structure for the Complex, the Changing, and the Indeterminate". Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice.
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- ^ Terry K. Borsook, Nancy Higginbotham-Wheat. A Psychology of Hypermedia: A Conceptual Framework for R&D. 1992. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
Further reading
- Hicks, David L.; John J. Leggett; Peter J. Nürnberg; John L. Schnase (1998). "A hypermedia version control framework". ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 16 (2): 127–160. ISSN 1046-8188.
- Dave, Pratik; Unmil P. Karadkar; Richard Furuta; Luis Francisco-Revilla; Frank Shipman; Suvendu Dash; Zubin Dalal (2003). "Browsing intricately interconnected paths". Proceedings of the fourteenth ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia - HYPERTEXT '03. p. 95. ISBN 978-1581137040.
- Geißler, Jörg (1995). "Surfing the movie space". Proceedings of the third ACM international conference on Multimedia - MULTIMEDIA '95. pp. 391–400. ISBN 978-0897917513.
- Jones, Steve (2003). Encyclopedia of New Media. Sage Publications. ISBN 9781412950657.
- Lister, Martin; et al. (2003). New Media: A Critical Introduction (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415223782.
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