Theory

Textual Media

Department: English

Institution: George Mason
Instructor: Lesley Smith and Dean Taciuch
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Devoted to the critical reading of new media texts, and to the creation of technology-enriched texts in a variety of rhetorical genres targeted towards specific audiences. Readings include Manovich, Lanham, and Jackson's Patchwork Girl.

Theory

Textuality and New Media

Department: English

Institution: Ball State
Instructor: Webster Newbold
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The Senior Seminar offers Ball State English majors an opportunity to end their undergraduate careers with a time of reflection on their learning and a gathering of their best products into a "portfolio" in a computer-based multi-media format.

The seminar also supplies a rigorous academic component, a kind of capstone experience that takes students into uncharted terrain and widens their vision of English studies. In tandem with the electronic portfolio project, our area of exploration is Textuality and New Media, with an emphasis on digital textuality. This phenomenon is transforming the way we relate to language in all its facets--the way we read, compose, communicate; the ways we understand our literacy skills; the ways we encounter poetry, fiction, and scholarly documents. Understanding New Media begins with consideration of textuality itself, including pre-textual orality, the origin and development of writing and texts, and the general history of literacy.

Systems

Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems

Department: Computer Science

Institution: Texas A&M
Instructor: Richard Furuta
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Writing

Hypertext

Institution: St. Cloud State
Instructor: Sharon Cogdill
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Literary

Literature in a Wired World

Department: English

Institution: Maryland
Instructor: Leonardo Flores
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Info. Architecture and Design

Hypertext Design Studio

Department: English

Institution: NJIT
Instructor: Chris Funkhouser
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In the current historical and creative moment, the WWW is the most convenient hypertext platform. Since there are other programs and avenues for hypertext, however, you are not limited to creating Web-based documents.

Systems

Hypertext/Hypermedia Systems

Department: Computer Science

Institution: Texas A&M
Instructor: John Leggett
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This course is designed to comprehensively cover the area of hypermedia systems. Course content will include the history and importance of hypermedia, theories of hypermedia design, hypermedia and hyperbase modeling, architectures of hypermedia systems, issues of hypermedia interface design and styles of interaction, and future directions in hypermedia systems. Emphasis will be on previous, current, and future research in hypermedia systems.

(The reading list for this course is legendary)

Writing

Open Workshop: Storyspace

Institution: Wisconsin/Milwaukee
Instructor: Peter Sands
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Systems

Hypertext and Web Technologies

Department: Computer Science

Institution: Southamption
Instructor: Les A. Carr
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Based on recent hypertext research and current WWW standards, the course will address the issues of publishing individual documents and sites together with the problems of global information management.

Literary

Literature and Hypertext

Institution: Athabasca
Instructor: Joseph Pivato
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Theory

Culture + Communication + Hypermedia

Institution: Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design
Instructor: Ron Burnett
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Writing

Topics in Stylistics

Institution: Texas (Arlington)
Instructor: Victor Vitanza
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Dis course will focus on Hypertext & Multimedia. We will concentrate on the rhetoric and stylistics of the image (icon) as word (logos), the word as image. We will be most concerned with something called 'picture theory' or 'the pictorial turn' (Mitchell). (You, know doubt, have heard of the 'linguistic turn' and the 'rhetorical turn' and 'hysterical turn'; we will study the pictorial turn.)

Theory

Cyberspace, Hypertext & Critical Theory

Department: English

Institution: National University Singapore
Instructor: George P. Landow
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Writing

Writing Hypertext

Department: English

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth
Instructor: Elizabeth Cooper
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Immersion in reading, writing, and critiquing hypertext documents, including the exploratory/academic, the informational/transactional, and the literary. Focus will be on the rhetoric and design of hypertext in non-sequential electronic spaces, where nodes and links and the screen necessarily alter the writer's strategies for providing orientation and navigation for readers.

Literary

Hypermedia: Some Technolgy, Some Implications

Institution: Grinnell
Instructor: Samuel A. Rebelsky
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In short, this semester we'll be working on building your skills in thinking, writing, reading, and speaking while studying hypermedia and considering its implications.

Writing

History Core Seminar

Department: History

Institution: Southern California
Instructor: Philip J. Ethington
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This course has been revised from previous versions to include a serious approach to multimedia history. “Multimedia” is a generic term covering all forms of publication that are not limited to paper-printed distribution. The most common forms are web sites and CD-ROMs.

Education

Imagetext and Hypertext

Department: English

Institution: Washington
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Writing

Writing for the Web

Department: English

Institution: Villa Julie College
Instructor: Marylin Julius
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According to Jay David Bolter, we are living in "the late age of print." Do we wring our hands in fear that books will disappear? Do we get ourselves wired and wait to see what happens next?

The course theme is Identity [] - not only who you are but who else you are: multiple identities, subjective and objective identities, online identities, roles and identities. You get the idea. Stick around - it may get interesting.

Writing

Folk Talks for the Next 999 Years

Department: Communication

Institution: Evergreen State
Instructor: Rebecca Chamberlain
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Readings from Italo Calvino to Mark Stefik.

Literary

Interactivity: Contemporary Art and New Media, 1975-present

Department: Art

Institution: Dartmouth
Instructor: David Getsy
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Examining the impact of new media and technologies, this course will provide a selective introduction to issues relating to the production and reception of art since 1975. Students should note that we will not attempt to deal with the vast diversity of contemporary art but will rather focus on specific topics. We will be primarily concerned, though not exclusively so, with developments in the United States and Britain. Our concerns will be with the diversification of artistic media (for example, the growth of installation into a distinct artistic medium), the impact of new technologies on art practice (for example, the rise of video art), and the use of science and technology by artists. Particular emphasis will be placed on the emergence of "internet art" and its implications.

Course Updates

Hypertext Courses: Updates

Courses in hypertext theory, in writing hypertext, on hypertext literature, and on the design and implementation of hypertext tools are taught throughout the world, from elementary school through graduate studies.

We hope that this compendium of hypertext courses will give students and instructors, now and in the future, a better sense of what has been done elsewhere and what might be accomplished, and to facilitate communication among everyone interested in studying and teaching hypertext.

These notes describe courses, past and present, of which we have heard. We apologize for errors and inaccuracies.

Please send corrections and additions to info@eastgate.com.

Hypertext in Courses

This is a list of frequently asked questions about the use of Hypertext in a classroom setting.

Can I assign hypertexts to my classes?

Yes. Eastgate's hypertexts are assigned texts in classes throughout the world. The most common subject areas are modern literature, writing, and hypertext design, but hypertexts have been part of courses ranging from Computer Science to Sociology.

Can my school's bookstore order hypertexts for my students?

Yes. Eastgate works with school and college bookstores throughout the world. We're also happy to accept orders from instructors, groups of students, or individual students.

Can our reading group explore hypertexts?

Yes. If your group has ten or more members, we can often arrange special discounts.

Can you help arrange for guest lectures?

We are happy to help arrange lectures, readings, hypertext signings, and workshops. Please call for ideas, or email info@eastgate.com .

Can we license hypertexts for our computer classrooms?

Yes. Special licenses are available for 10 or 100 simultaneous users, or for unlimited use within a library or campus.

Are multi-user licenses expensive?

No. Prices vary, but for many titles a 10-user license costs just $74.85.

What about libraries?

Libraries throughout the world collect Eastgate hypertexts. Hypertexts can circulate like books, and can be placed on reserve if demand is high. Multi-user licenses are inexpensive, so it is easy to meet the demands of large classes. Additional information on hypertext in libraries.