Hypertext, hypermedia, and multimedia involve linking textual and multimedia items through hyperlinks. Hypertext links text, hypermedia links text, images, and sound, and multimedia combines text, images, video, and audio. These forms of linked media overcome limitations of traditional books by providing faster and easier access to information and promoting autonomous learning. They can make learning more fun, creative, and stimulate the senses to improve retention.

1. Hypertext, hypermedia and
multimedia
by
Fernanda Dávalos Avila

2. Contents
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3. Hypertext
• Are links among textual items formed by
words set in underlined blue type. When you
click on it, it takes you to another referent.
• Hypertexts are useful for checking out new
sources while reading a text.
• Hypertexts direct links to related texts,
imagers or another data.
• Hypertext is also called hyperlink or simply
link.

4. Example of hypertext
• http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kama
ral/hypertext.html

5. Hypermedia
• Refers to similar links to those used in the
hypertext but instead os simply linking text to
text, it involves linking sound, and
photographs.
• It gathers hypertext and multimedia
• As hypertext, hypermedia has lots of
advantages for learners.

6. Example of hypermedia
• http://image.slidesharecdn.com/hypermedia-
130228043609-phpapp02/95/hypermedia-1-
638.jpg?cb=1362047849

7. Multimedia
• Multimedia tends to feature several media
types such as text, images, sound, video and
images.
• Texts are used to send information to the
user.

8. Multimedia
• Images: are important for multimedia
projects, it makes the presentation complex
and complete

9. Multimedia
• Audio: provides pleasure of music, special
effects and ambience sounds.

10. Multimedia
• Video: Gives great impact to the project, its
advantage is that covers lots of information
and is very attractive.

11. Example of multimedia
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnk8oay1
z0s

12. Advantages of hypertext, hypermedia
and multimedia
• Overcome limitations of the book on
searching information in an easier and faster
way.
• A hypertext reference can be seen at the same
time as the text we are working on.
• Promotes autonomous language learning
• Teacher centered classrooms can be reduced.
• Great help for young and second language
learners

13. • Learning can be much more fun, creative and
interesting.
• Retention, understanding and knowledge will
be easier
• Exists a high level of stimulation of the senses
• Great educational tool to use in the classroom