Journal of Educational Multimedia andHypermedia

Volume 5, Number 3/4, 1996

Contents
Glimpses at the Future of Networked HypermediaSystems

Michael Klemme, Hermann Maurer, and AchimSchneider 225

Learning With Hypertext Learning Environments:Theory, Design and Research,

Michael J. Jacobson, Chrystalla Maouri,Punyashloke Mishra, and Christopher Kolar239

A Dynamic Reading-Linking-to-Writing Model forProblem Solving Within a Constructive Hypermedia LearningEnvironment

Shu Ching Yang 283

The Relationship of Indices of Student NavigationalPatterns in a Hypermedia Geology Lab Simulation to Two Measures ofLearning Style

James F. Andris 303

The Effect of Teacher Scaffolding and StudentComprehension Monitoring on a Multimedia/Interactive VideodiscScience Lesson for Second Graders

Carole S. Nelson, J. Allen Watson, Jane K.Ching and Patricia I. Barrow 317

System For Training Aviation Regulations (STAR):Using Multiple Vantage Points to Learn Complex Information ThroughScenario-Based Instruction and Multimedia Techniques

Terrell N. Chandler349

The Impact of CD-ROM Storybooks on Children'sReadingComprehension and Reading Attitude

Kathryn I. Matthew 379


Abstracts

Glimpses at the Future ofNetworked Glimpses at the Future of Networked Hypermedia SystemsHypermedia Systems

MICHAEL KLEMME

Hypermedia Unit, Department of ComputerScience
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

HERMANN MAURER

Institute for Information Processing andComputer Supported New Media
Graz University of Technology
Schießstattgasse 4a, 8010 Graz,Austria

ACHIM SCHNEIDER

Union Bank of Switzerland,
GIIS-SZ6 Postfach
8021 Zürich, Switzerland

We have experienced the rapid proliferation of world-wide networkedhypermedia systems such as Gopher, WWW, and Hyper-G on the Internet,particularly in institutions concerned with education and research.Despite the great popularity of these systems and the large varietyof applications for them, they must be considered as being earlyrepresentatives of their kind.
This paper starts out with a briefdiscussion of the current state of the art in the field oflarge-scale networked hypermedia systems. Then ways are identified inwhich future generations of networked hypermedia systems will differfrom the present generation. This survey looks in particular at thefollowing aspects: (a) types, preparation, storage, and interchangeof hypermedia documents; (b) security, costs, and copyright; (c)navigation, search, and retrieval; (d) usability; and (5) hypermediaas a technology of integration.
Note: This paperreceived a Best Paper Award at ED-MEDIA 95-

World Conference on Educational Multimedia andHypermedia, Graz, Austria.
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Learning With HypertextLearning Environments: Learning With Hypertext Learning Environments:Theory, Design, and Research Theory, Design, and Research

MICHAEL J.JACOBSON

Learning Technology Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37240, USA

CHRYSTALLA MAOURI AND PUNYASHLOKE MISHRA

University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61020, USA

CHRISTOPHER KOLAR

Aurora University
347 South Gladstone Avenue
Aurora, IL 60506, USA

This paper reports on a study into the acquisitionand transfer of complex knowledge after using a conceptually indexedhypertext learning environment based on recent cognitive theory andresearch. The experiment employed two differently structuredhypertext thematiccriss-crossing (TCC) treatments, GuidedTCC and Learner Selected TCC, that demonstrated interrelationshipsbetween abstract conceptual and case-specific knowledge components inthe hypertext materials. These two hypertext treatments differedprimarily in terms of the modeling and scaffolding they provided andthe degree of learner control. The control condition allowed the freeexploration of the hypertext materials but provided no modeling orscaffolding support. Epistemic beliefs held by students concerningthe nature of learning and the structure of knowledge were alsoassessed. Students who were assigned to the Guided TCC hypertextgroup and who regarded learning as an active process of constructingmeaning were found to perform at a significantly higher level on aknowledge synthesis task of near transfer than students in the othertreatment groups or studentswith a simpler set of epistemic beliefs. Overall, the results of thisstudy suggest that students need explicit modeling and scaffoldingsupport in order to learn complex knowledge from a case-based,conceptually indexed hypertext learningenvironment. Implications of these findings for future hypertext andhypermedia research are also considered.
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A DynamicReading-Linking-to-Writing Model for Problem Solving Within aConstructive Hypermedia Learning Environment

SHU CHING YANG1SHU CHING YANG1

Department of Finance,
Chung-Cheng University
Chia-Yi, Taiwan, R.O.C.

This study identifies the problem-solving patternsand the cognitive processes involved when novices construct theirdiscourse syntheses using Perseus, a Greek culturedatabase. The subjects were undergraduates enrolled in anintroductory course who completed individual task assignments usingPerseus.Thinking aloud along with observation were the primary methods usedto collect the data. The Reading-Linking-to-Writing Model wasdeveloped to capture the process which the learners engaged in whileproblem solving within the Perseus environment. It containstwo sets of processes-systemic and procedural. These processes wereintertwined and occurred simultaneously, interdependently, andrecursively. It is hoped that the results of this study contribute toboth learning theory and practical design. With respect to learningtheory, we hoped that uncovering the integrative reading, writing,and thinking processes within hypermedia would lead to a betterunderstanding of how hypermedia technology acts upon the learners. Inthe practical design aspect, it is wished that the software designersincorporate the Reading-Linking-to-Writing Model into their design bysimulating the matrix of cognitive processes that occur in thelearners' problem-solving strategies when using hypermedia.

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The Relationship of Indices ofStudent Navigational Patterns in a Hypermedia Geology Lab Simulationto Two Measures of Learning Style

JAMES F. ANDRIS

School of Education
Southern Illinois University atEdwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026, USA

This study presents for 31 students using ahypermedia geology lab simulation the relationship of their cognitivestyle and modality preference to several indices of navigational pathdata. Three subscales of the Learning Styles Inventory measured fielddependence/independence and a 12-item scale measured visual,auditory, or kinesthetic dominance. Navigational path indices weretotal time, total nodes, time per node, linearity and reversibility.Several significant (p < 0.1) relationships were found betweenlearning style and navigational data, as well as differential use ofsections of the program. The significance of the findings foraccommodating learning styles in hypermedia simulations isdiscussed.

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The Effect of TeacherScaffolding and Student Comprehension Monitoring on aMultimedia/Interactive Videodisc Science Lesson for SecondGraders

CAROLE S. NELSON, J. ALLEN WATSON, AND JANE K.CHING
Children and Technology Project
Department of Human Development /Family Studies
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27412, USA

PATRICIA I. BARROW
 
Multimedia Technology Center
120 Franklin Blvd.
Guilford School System,
Greensboro, NC 27401, USA

Imagery-based computer instruction is predicted to have a majorimpact on educational curriculum in the next century. Yet research onthe effectiveness of imagery technology for early elementary-agechildren is a relatively unexplored area. The purpose of this studywas to examine age-appropriate uses of a multimedia/interactivevideodisc (IVD) science lesson for second graders in two areas.First, the unique properties that these media offer as a stand-aloneteaching tool were assessed. Second, the non-technological strategiesof teacher scaffolding and comprehension monitoring as supplements toIVD programs were investigated. A learner controlled multimedia/IVDinstructional science program was designed for this study. Sixtysecond-grade students from a public school system were administeredone of four levels of treatment: (a) the IVD lesson only, (b)comprehension monitoring only, (c) teacher scaffolding only, and (d)teacher scaffolding with comprehension monitoring. The IVD lessononly group registered significantly higher scores after controllingfor preexisting differences. The comprehension monitoring only andteacher scaffolding only groups recorded significantly higher testscores when compared to IVD lesson only. The teacher scaffolding withcomprehension monitoring group made statistically higher scores whencompared to each of the other three treatments. These findingsindicate that a carefully designed multimedia/IVD lesson can producesignificant learning for second-grade students. Learning outcomesimprove with the aid of teacher scaffolding or student comprehensionmonitoring.

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System For Training AviationRegulations (STAR): Using Multiple Vantage Points to Learn ComplexInformation Through Scenario-Based Instruction and MultimediaTechniques


TERRELL N.CHANDLER

Information Division
Galaxy Scientific Corporation
2310 Parklake Drive, Suite 325
Atlanta, GA 30345, USA

The System for Training of Aviation Regulations(STAR) is designed to be an instructional companion to the FAA Part147 course on Aviation Maintenance Regulations. The purpose of theSTAR project is to provide a comprehensive curriculum for acquiringthe skills and content necessary for understanding and applying theFederal Aviation Regulations (FARs). When students are asked tocomprehend a large volume of complex information, it is important torepeat central concepts in several different lights so that learnerscan appreciate the depth and breadth of each concept. Different mediapresentations as well as overlapping curricular themes contribute tothe ability to repeat conceptual themes while maintaining interest.Our approach is to give students multiple vantage points to the samebody of information by incorporating multimedia presentations andstorytelling techniques within several different learningenvironments. STAR has four categories of learning environments:overviews, scenarios, challenges, and resources. This articlediscusses the theoretical approach to STAR, describes each learningenvironment, and presents the results from two formative evaluativestudies.

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The Impact of CD-ROMStorybooks on Children's Reading Comprehension and ReadingAttitude

KATHRYN I. MATTHEW

Louisiana Tech University
College of Education
P. O. Box 3161
Ruston, LA 71272, USA

This study examined the influence of CD-ROMstorybooks on the reading comprehension and attitudes toward readingof 37 matched pairs of third graders. Comprehension was measuredusing story retelling and open-ended question. The results indicatedthat when comprehension was measured by story retelling, students whoread the CD-ROM storybooks scored significantly higher than studentswho read the print versions of the storybooks. When comprehension wasmeasured by open-ended questions, there was no significant differencebetween the two groups. Students' attitude toward reading wasmeasured by the Elementary Reading Attitude Survey. The resultsindicated no significant difference between the reading attitude ofthe students in the groups.
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