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- From: fs@cs.scarolina.edu (Faisal Siddiqi)
- Subject: Re: Interaction with a hypertext
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
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- Date: 2 Sep 92 02:27:21 GMT
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- nico@cats.ucsc.edu (Paul S Toney) writes:
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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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- I agree. Hypertext used like a book is great, but you're not fully
- utilizing the potential of hypertext unless the hypertext "user" can
- actually change the hypertext also. Without this capability, hypertext
- is no better than many computer based training programs that allow
- non-linear instruction. It is the user-directed interactions and
- modifications (usually additions) that make hypertext *really* hot.
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- A worthwhile goal, as I see it would be to totally blur the line between
- author and user of the hypertext...
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- I'm doing my MS research in this area and would be very interested in
- further discussion.
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- - faisal
- fs@cs.scarolina.edu
-