HYPERTEXT IN THE HUMANITIES CLASSROOM

Hype-ard has brought the creation of hypertext materials within the -a ch of both faculty and students who are technically unsophisticated. F or faculty this development presents pedagogical opportunities to crea te individualized, interactive learning experiences even in the increa singly larger classes with which we are faced. At Potsdam we have deve loped a hypertest environment called ''Test & Context'' for presentati on of literary, graphic, or historical ''texts.'' Within this environm ent we have realized three hypertext documents to demonstrate its pote ntial. These documents are currently in use in classes and one has bee n selected by Apple Computer, Inc. ''to demonstrate how Macintosh can be used for instruction and research.'' We have now proceeded beyond t he use of Hypercard for presentation of materials to students and are investigating how student creation of hypertext material can be integr ated into traditional courses.