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Authoring and Design for the WWW

Resources

HTML practical

Graham, Ian S 1996: HTML Sourcebook a complete guide to HTML 3.0 Wiley 1996
Though rather badly organised due to piecemeal updating, a vital comprehensive reference book, and up-to-date.

Evans, Tim 1995: 10 Minute guide to HTML Que Corp. 1995
A good, simple introduction, actually twenty-three 10-minute sessions.

Hypertext

ACM, Communications February 1994 Vol 37 No 2 themed issue on Hypermedia

ACM, Communications August 1995 Vol 38 No 8 themed issue on Designing Hypermedia Applications

Bolter, Jay David 1991: Writing Space the computer, hypertext and the history of writing Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey 1991

Bulmer, Martin GS 1995: Hypertext, the Navigation Metaphor and Tracking unpublished postgraduate essay, Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University February 1995

Conklin, J 1987: Hypertext: A survey and introduction' in IEEE Computer, 20(9), 1987, pp 17-41

Lanham, Richard 1993: The electronic word democracy, technology and the arts University of Chicago Press, 1993

Martin, James 1990: Hyperdocuments and how to create them Prentice Hall, New Jersey 1990

Nielsen, Jakob 1995: Multimedia and hypertext: the Internet and beyond Academic Press 1995

Schuler, W; Hanneman, J and Streitz, N (eds.) 1995 Designing user interfaces for hypermedia (Esprit research report Project 6532) Springer 1995

User-centred design

Brown, C Marlin Lin' 1988: Human-Computer Interface Design Guidelines Ablex Pub. Corp. New Jersey, 1988

Laurel, Brenda 1990: The art of human-computer interface design Addison- Wesley, 1990

Marcus, Aaron 1992: Graphic design for electronic documents and user interfaces ACM Press, New York 1992

Norman, Donald A 1988: The psychology of everyday things Basic Books, New York 1988

Preece, Jenny 1994: Human-Computer Interaction The Open University, UK 1994
Good section on usability testing

Shneiderman, Ben 1992 Designing the user interface Addison-Wesley 1992

Information design

Tufte E 1983 The visual display of quantitative information Graphics Press, Cheshire, Conn. 1983

Tufte E 1990 Envisioning information Graphics Press, Cheshire, Conn. 1990

Hypertext as educational medium

ACM, Communications April 1996 Vol 39 No 4 themed issue on Learner- Centered Design

Laurillard, Diana 1993: Rethinking University Teaching Routledge 1993

McKendree J, Reader W and Hammond N The "homeopathic fallacy" in learning from hypertext' in Interactions July 1995 ACM New York

Marchioni, G 1990: Evaluating Hypermedia-Based Learning', from Nato ASI Series, Vol F67, Designing Hypermedia for Learning, edited D. H. Jonassen and H. Mandl, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990.

Mhlauser, M 1990: Hyperinformation Requirements for Integrated Authoring/Learning Environments' from Nato ASI Series, Vol F67, Designing Hypermedia for Learning, edited D. H. Jonassen and H. Mandl, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990

Spiro R, Feltovich P, Jacobson M and Coulson R 1991: Cognitive Flexibility and Constructivism, and Hypertext'. Journal of Educational Technology, May 1991

Duffy, T and Knuth, R 1990: Hypermedia and Instruction: Where is the Match?' from Nato ASI Series, Vol F67, Designing Hypermedia for Learning, edited D. H. Jonassen and H. Mandl, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990

McKnight C, Richardson J and Dillon A 1990: Journal Articles as Learning Resources: What can Hypertext Offer?' from Nato ASI Series, Vol F67, Designing Hypermedia for Learning, edited D. H. Jonassen and H. Mandl, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990

Tessier, M: Usenet groups as a participatory medium' presented at the Computers and Writing Conference, 1996

Data types

Burger, Jeff: The Desktop Multimedia Bible Addison-Wesley
This book is a good primer in the characteristics of different types of digital media, though not specific to the Web.

Other references

Davis, Stephen Boyd 1996: The Interactive Word', in Eurographics UK Conference Proceedings Imperial College, 28 March 1996 Volume 2 pp197-205

Barthes, R 1974: S/Z, Hill and Wang, New York 1974

Postman, N 1985: Amusing Ourselves to Death, Penguin, NY, 1985, p83


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