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Subject:Re: TECHWR-L Digest - 23 Mar 1994 to 24 Mar 1994 From:Billie Wahlstrom <bwahlstr -at- MAILBOX -dot- MAIL -dot- UMN -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 29 Mar 1994 10:15:39 CST
Saul,
You might find Sociomedia edited by E. Barrett (MIT Press) a useful resource for
research on what hypertext is better for and what it is worse for. Billie
> _________________________________
> Subject: Is Hypertext More Productive?
> Author: MSTSACX -at- GSUVM1 -dot- BITNET at SMTP
> Date: 3/24/94 1:48 AM
> Does anyone have conclusive research indicating that hypertext is more
> productive to use than paper documents?
> A literature search is turning up dry.
> Thanks!
> cc: 71702.1>--compuse>
> "
> Saul Carliner Ph.D. Student
> Instructional Technology Geo. State Univ.
> Note new userid----> mstsacx -at- gsuvm1 -dot- gsu -dot- edu 404/892-3945
>more
> >> productive to use than paper documents?
> >>
> >> A literature search is turning up dry.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> cc: 71702.1>--compuse>
> >>
> >> "
> >> Saul Carliner Ph.D. Student
> >> Instructional Technology Geo. State Univ.
> >> Note new userid----> mstsacx -at- gsuvm1 -dot- gsu -dot- edu 404/892-3945
> >
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