Hyper-text

With a world full of electronic reading, publications and tools, such as Kindle, at our fingertips, it doesn't seem like a shift from linear reading to something more personalized is that far away. I mean really hypertexts are akin to our old day "Create your own adventure" stories without the flipping from page 2 to page 4, then depending on your answer to page 8, etc. 

I do think that hypertexted reading will drastically change the bottom line of education per student. Education will become a more more individualized process and student-driven. Students will be reading what they prefer to read in the order in which they prefer to read it. This means that may no entirely read the materials but also that they will be more likely to remember what they read first and what they enjoyed reading most. In this case, we can assume students will begin to read what the prefer to read first.

At a college level, I have seen institutions re-define their curriculum in hopes to create a level playing field for their graduates outside of graduation. In otherwords, so that their degree ensured their education covered the same basic content as the degree of a student from another university. Over time, the use of hypertext will move students further apart rather than closer together