DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPERTEXT, HYPERMEDIA AND MULTIMEDIA

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPERTEXT, HYPERMEDIA AND MULTIMEDIA

1. HYPERTEXT: Refers to the text displayed on a computer with references called hotlinks or hyperlinks to other text which the student can inmediatly acces, refers to links among textual items, commonly activated by a mouse, trackball, finger, touch screen)

   • Example: In a language learning program click on a hypertext link to go to the dictionary definition.

2. HYPERMEDIA: Involves linking various media, such as images, sound, animation, video, graphics

   • Example: Links that view audio, the WWW World Wide Web

3. MULTIMEDIA: Refers to content that uses a combination such as animation, video, text, images, sound or interactivity content forms

   • Example: You tube videos, Prezi presentations