HYPERTEXT

• Hypertext is a non-linear way to present information and is usually accomplished by using "links".
• Hypertext also allows the readers to create their meaning out of the material given to them and learn better associatively
• Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references to other text that the reader can immediately access.
• Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typically activated by a mouse click, key press set or by touching the screen.
• In 1987 Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web (WWW) as an extension of his work on HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
• Hypertext makes possible a dynamic organization of information through links and connections called hyperlink
• The World Wide Web (www) is a global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet.
• Hypertext is the foundation of the World Wide Web enabling users to click on the link to obtain more information on a subsequent page on the same site.
• The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in 1963.
• A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
• URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (http).
• http: //www.example.com/index.html

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• Links are not just limited to text or documents but may also incorporate other forms of multimedia such as pictures, sounds and videos that stimulate more senses. This is called Hypermedia
• Lexias, to borrow a term from a literary criticism
• It acts as a bridge between two basic, opposite, and complementing elements that may be called gender of knowledge representation: free and shortcut
• advantages of hypertext: 1. multiple paths of inquiry 2. individualized learning opportunities 3. reader learner control 4. supports the connection of ideas 5. some text is suited to hypertext 6. creating new references 7. critical thinking 8. ease of navigation 9. asynchronous communication
• disadvantages of hypertext: 1. paper-based information is more comfortable to read 2. computer/gadet is required 3. readers disorientation 4. cognitive overhead