Hypermedia

what is Hypermedia?



MEDIA
     -All means of mass communication e.g. magazines, cinema, films, newspapers, radio, television, internet, computer and video games, billboards, books, CD’s, DVD’s, videocassettes, other publishing.

    Multimedia is media that uses multiple forms of information content and information processing (e.g. text, audio, graphics, animation, video, interactivity) to inform or entertain the (user) audience.
   

     Multimedia also refers to the use of (not limited to) electronic media to store and experience multimedia content.

Multimedia“What are the differences between hypermedia and multimedia?”
Two commonly recognized distinctions

Multimedia
Less user interaction
Sequential in terms of the flow of the information (used to be only one path through the information was provided)

Hypermedia
Information spaces are connected by non-linear links which a user may follow in any order.

Other Terms

• Fine Art       
• Mixed Media
• Digital/Electronic Media

Interactive Media New Media                electronic communication

Rich Media      Interactive Digital Media
CBT                     Computer Based Training

Examples:

Games
Blood Typing
Illuminations (Algebra/People Patterns)
Illumination Codes
Videos
Misunderstood Minds
Web Quests


Types of Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems:

Commercial multimedia/hypermedia software packages
Commercial interactive video packages
Authoring tools: presentation software
Authoring tools: video production and editing systems
Authoring tools: multimedia/hypermedia authoring systems


Current and future Impact of Multimedia and Hypermedia on Education
Motivation

• Flexibility
• Development of creative and critical thinking skills
• Improved writing and process skills
• Impact of Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems
• Roblyer (1999) provides students with multiple channels to process information
• Swan and Meskill (1996) supports critical thinking skills in reading and language
• Design a Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems

Instructional design

• Screen design
• Interaction feedback
• Navigation
• Learner control
• Color
• Graphics
• Animation
• Audio
• Video 

Storage Media

• DVDs
• CD-ROMS

Commercial Multimedia/Hypermedia Software Packages

• Instructional Software
• Interactive Storybooks
• Reference Materials
• Encyclopedias
• Almanacs 

Three Kinds of Multimedia/Hypermedia authoring Resources

• Presentation Software
• Video production and editing systems
• Hypermedia authoring software
• Hypermedia Authoring Resources

Audio resources

• CD audio
• Videodiscs
• Recorded sounds
• Prerecorded sounds
• Video resources
• Digitalized videos
• Videodiscs
• Prerecorded videos on CD-ROMs

Hypermedia Authoring Resources Cont’d

• Photographs
• Scanned photos
• Captured from video sources
• Digital cameras
• Imported from CD-ROMs
• Graphic images
• Created by authors
• Imported from clip art collection
• Scanned images

Hypermedia Authoring Resources Cont’d

• Animation
• Imported from CD-ROMs
• Created using animation tools

Text

• Writing as project develops
• Importing from word processing files