ERIC Number: EJ489817
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Inventing the Virtual Textbook: Changing the Nature of Schooling.
Siegel, Martin A.; Sousa, Gerald A.
Educational Technology, v34 n7 p49-54 Sep 1994
Discussion of the educational effectiveness of textbooks focuses on a model of a virtual textbook that relies on hypermedia. Highlights include changing roles of teachers, students, and content; systemwide features of the virtual textbook, including interface and object-oriented design; classroom environment; sequencing; and a prototype. (Contains four references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis, Educational Change, Electronic Text, Hypermedia, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Material Evaluation, Intermode Differences, Material Development, Models, Sequential Approach, Student Role, Teacher Role, Textbooks
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Object Orientation; Prototypes; Virtual Reality
Note: Special issue examining the educational implications of electronic publishing.
