An Object Oriented Approach to Hypermedia Authoring

The electronic book metaphor is now widely employed for the design of multimedia instructional resources. It can be used in a variety of pedagogic design situations that require the creation of interactive, computer-based self-study materials. The utility and effectiveness of the metaphor can be significantly enhanced when it is augmented by means of the hypermedia paradigm. Using such an approach, this paper discusses an object oriented model for the design of reactive hypermedia page structures for electronic books. The implementation of the model using a conventional author language is described and the limitations of the operational system are then discussed. The design and fabrication of a courseware generator that totally automates the production of hypermedia pages is then described.