RWS lesson 1

• This is through the use of links in a digital device which takes the reader into another text.
• Hypertext is a NON- LINEAR way to present information and is usually accomplished using “links” .
• Hypertext also alows 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.
• The World Wide Web (www) is a global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet.
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL), coloquially 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.
• The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in 1963.
• Hypertext allows readers to access information particularly suited to their needs
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL), is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network
• URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (http)
• hypertext system, the reader is free to navigate information by exploring the connections provided.
• Advantages- Multiple paths of inquiry
• Advantages- Individualized learning opportunities
• Advantages- Reader learner control
• Advantages- Supports the connection of idea
• Advantages- Some text is suited to hypertext
• Advantages- Creating new references
• Advantages- Critical thinking
• Advantages- Ease of navigation
• Advantages- Asynchronous communication
• Disadvantages- Paper-based information is more comfortable to read.
• Disadvatages- Computer or gadget is required
• Disadvantages- Readers disorientation
• Disdvantages- Cognitive overhead
• Disadvantages- Causes eye strain
• Disadvantages- Too much control