HyperPro: an intelligent hypermedia system for learning logic programming

  • Authors:

  • Teresa Roselli;Antonietta Di Donfrancesco;Stefania Loverro

  • Affiliations:

  • Università degli Studi di Bari, via Orabona, 4 70126 BARI;Università degli Studi di Bari, via Orabona, 4 70126 BARI;Università degli Studi di Bari, via Orabona, 4 70126 BARI

  • Venue:
  • AVI '96 Proceedings of the workshop on Advanced visual interfaces
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

Hypermedia technology has aroused considerable interest in didactic environments, owing to its versatility in realizing didactic software where the attention is shifted away from the teaching towards the learning process. Interacting with a didactic hypermedia, the learner can construct an entirely personal instructional path, in a wide variety of formats, tailored to his own aims and a priori knowledge.However, since hypertext/hypermedia makes it possible to construct learning paths through exploration, although it stimulates more talented students, it penalizes those less able to manage their learning paths alone. It is thus not the ideal environment for teaching such knowledge as programming languages, for instance.This consideration led us to realize HyperPro, an intelligent hypermedia system for learning logic programming and Prolog which contains a tutorial component built with A.I. techniques, which can follow the student along his instructional path and suggest the next step if necessary. As the system is integrated with the Prolog environment, it enables real training activities to be performed, monitored by the tutorial component. A fundamental characteristic of HyperPro is the graphical user interface which is easy to use, so the learner can concentrate on the instructional aims, without wasting time trying to understand the implementation environment.It is realized in the Toolbook-Openscript environment and integrated with the Prolog-2 interpreter by Expert Systems International.