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Article: Hypermedia: practical platforms emerge. (includes bibliography) (New Trends In...)
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- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
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- May 1, 1990
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Psychologists have long recognized the associative nature of human thought. The process is creative, intuitive, almost free flow. Hypermedia software taps that pipeline, and just as a psychologist uses association to uncover patients' hidden truths so can an educator use it to send students on a voyage of discovery learning. * Radical Moves
A hypermedia software application is nothing short of radical. Its interface models the human associative process, allowing users to jump from place to place in the information with few restrictions. Data may comprise various combinations of text, audio portions like music or a voice, colorful graphics, animations, still-photo ...