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Can Analogies in Hypermedia Help the Learning Process?

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Hypermedia is an efficient technology for presenting information to students within an educational environment; its advantages are well documented [Hammond 89, Jonassen 90, Mayes 90]. However, the learning process is not concerned solely with the presentation of information. Rather, it is an interactive dynamically social process, involving both students and educators.

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Tejani, A., Sykes, J.T. (1996). Can Analogies in Hypermedia Help the Learning Process?. In: Fraïssé, S., Garzotto, F., Isakowitz, T., Nanard, J., Nanard, M. (eds) Hypermedia Design. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3082-6_26

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