A Hypermedia Based Learning Environment for the Economics ofIndustry

该奖项提供资金，用于为迈阿密大学经济系的工业经济学课程开发基于超媒体的学习环境。将开发超媒体/超文本材料，供大三和大四本科生使用，作为标准教科书和讲座材料的补充。超文本材料将来自一般和专业文献，这些文献涉及学生通常无法接触到的问题。学生在集成软件环境中的计算机工作站探索超媒体材料。学生的探索来自于指定的分析和学生对主题的主动回顾。集成的软件环境允许学生在工作站从头到尾完成作业。计算机设备由一台网络服务器、十个学生工作站和两台网络打印机组成。网络服务器作为超媒体数据和软件的存储库。一台学生工作站提供对超媒体材料的访问，而两台网络打印机用于输出学生的作业。本计画提供一个框架，供学生存取及分析大量不同的超媒体资讯。随着对主题材料理解的提高，超媒体环境将能够改变和发展。大学将从非联邦来源提供50%的配套资金。

This award provide funds to develop a hypermedia based learning environment for a course in the economics of industry in the Department of Economics at Miami University. Hypermedia/hypertext materials will be developed for use by junior and senior undergraduate students that supplement the standard textbook and lecture materials. The hypertext materials will derive from general and professional literature on the issues not normally accessible to students. Students explore the hypermedia materials at a computerized workstation within an integrated software environment. Explorations by students arise from both assigned analyses and student motivated review of topics. The integrated software environment allows the student to undertake assignments from start to finish, at the workstation. The computer equipment consists of one network server, ten student workstations, and two network printers. The network server functions as the repository for the hypermedia data and software. A student workstation provides the access to the hypermedia material while two network printers are for output of students assignments. The project provides a framework for accessing and analyzing large amounts of diverse information in hypermedia format by the students. The hypermedia environment will be able to change and grow as understanding of the topic material improves. The university will provide 50% matching funds from non-Federal sources.