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But first ...

• Who am I?
• Who are you? (Questionnaire)

• Check your email boxes
• (i.e. much of the interaction for this course will take place via email)

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Structure of the course

• Project oriented
• Joint construction of resources for learning
• Mini-projects
• Major project

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Questions?
New technologies for learning

• Multimedia
• Networks

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New Synthesis

• WWW:
• World-
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• Web

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Hypertext

• Non-linear text
• Multiple paths
• "Reader" shares the initiative with the "writer"

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Example

• Our class home page

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HyperMedia

• Text, graphics, sound, video, etc.
• Non-linearly structured

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Distributed Hypertext and Hypermedia

• Non-linear
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• links are to items on other computers elsewhere

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World-wide hypermedia

• Web Browsers (or clients)
• Web Servers

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Netscape

• Instructions: Click on hilighted text

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Some interesting educational web sites

• Examples

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For next week:

• Read Eager: Using the World Wide Web, Introduction & Chapters 1, 2 & 3
• Send me an email message introducing yourself briefly and containing the URL to an educationally interesting web site

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During the lab period:

• Use Netscape to look for interesting places
• Get your picture taken