Digitizing the Past: A History Book on CD-ROM.

Rosenzweig, Roy

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ERIC Number: EJ472987

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Digitizing the Past: A History Book on CD-ROM.

Rosenzweig, Roy

Information Services and Use, v13 n1 p35-40 1993

Describes the development of an American history book with interactive CD-ROM technology that includes text, pictures, graphs and charts, audio, and film. Topics discussed include the use of HyperCard software to link information; access to primary sources of information; greater student control over learning; and the concept of collaborative authorship. (LRW)

Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Hypermedia, Learner Controlled Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Optical Data Disks, Primary Sources, United States History

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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