Multi-user Hypertextual Didactic Glossaries
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Abstract
In this paper we present a multi-user hypertextual glossary prototype which can
improve the learning of a group (classroom) of university students in a multimedia
environment. The glossary prototype has been designed to solve the typical problems
encountered when using traditional electronic and printed glossaries: the authoring problem, the
loss of reading context, the fact that glossaries are traditionally closed literary works and the
difficulties encountered by students trying to use them for learning foreign languages such as
Italian. These problems have been minimised or solved in the glossary prototype presented in
this work. A dynamic word-stemming algorithm has been implemented in the glossary to
improve the handling of foreign languages. The glossary has been designed as an objectoriented
application.
