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ERIC Number: EJ441777
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
"Open" Software Design: A Case Study.
McMahon, Harry; And Others
Educational Technology, v32 n2 p43-55 Feb 1992
Discusses the use of open software, i.e., software which is essentially empty of content and can be customized by users to fit their own context, and describes the development and evaluation of one such program--Bubble Dialog--by the Language Development and Hypermedia Research Group at the University of Ulster. Various applications of the HyperCard-based technique are suggested. (19 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Literacy Education, Media Adaptation, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bubble Dialogue; Constructivism; HyperCard; University of Ulster (Northern Ireland)