The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on

SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001

Katina Zammit

Lecturer, School of Education and Early Childhood Studies, College of Arts, Education and Social Sciences,
University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Genres in Hypermedia: What are they? What do they look like?

Abstract

Multimedia in electronic or digital form can be termed hypermedia. This represents the form of the text, ie hypertext, and the range of modes used to present information, ie media. For many years genres in written texts have been used, and critiqued, for educational purposes in the teaching and learning of written texts. However little work has focused on multimodal genres or genres within hypermedia. This paper will explore whether the concept of genre can be used in the analysis and deconstruction of hypermedia, such as CDROM programs. It will also consider the representations of genres within hypermedia. Two CDROM programs will be used as examples - ENCARTA'96 and The Way Things Work V2.

Bionote

Katina Zammit is a language and literacy educator focusing on the K-6 years. She has worked in primary schools, with teachers, with secondary school students and teachers, as a consultant and as a researcher. Her publications and research interests include the new literacies, the intersection of technology and literacy, and multiliteracies.

Presentation Type
30 min. Paper

Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
Data projector (if possible)

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Country
Australia