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- From: nico@cats.ucsc.edu (Paul S Toney)
- Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
- Subject: Interaction with a hypertext
- Date: 30 Aug 1992 22:52:44 GMT
- Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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- Question: I have this very general concern about the use of a hypertext
- system. Is its primary feature the ability to travel quickly and relationaly
- from one text/idea/context to another, and to find related subjects easily; or
- is the hypertext application a tool for integrating a vast set of varying media
- concerning a particular topic, ie, for the creation of a context?
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- A related question would be, what is more important: for the user to be
- able to ADD to the hypertext, and edit links; or to simply find a particular
- tidbit of information and then leave, nice and simple?
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- In educational terms, is the hypertext a pedagogical tool or a research
- engine? In a university project I did, I found that creating the hypertext
- system, researching the material, and most importantly meditating on the links
- I wanted to create, was far more educational than it might be for someone using
- the finished project. I see hypertext in this way as a more research-oriented
- tool.
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