<s>
HyperCourseware	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
prototype	O
electronic	O
educational	O
environment	O
developed	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Kent	O
Norman	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Maryland	O
,	O
College	O
Park	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
electronic	O
classroom	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Teaching	O
Theater.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
embraced	O
by	O
HyperCourseware	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
quite	O
broad	O
:	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
integrated	O
and	O
seamless	O
hypermedia	O
infrastructure	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
classroom	O
activities	O
(	O
Norman	O
&	O
Carter	O
,	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
global	O
level	O
,	O
HyperCourseware	B-Protocol
was	O
organized	O
around	O
educational	O
tools	O
,	O
materials	O
,	O
and	O
objectives	O
rather	O
than	O
around	O
semantic	O
or	O
domain	O
specific	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
HyperCourseware	B-Protocol
was	O
written	O
to	O
host	O
any	O
subject	O
and	O
to	O
support	O
many	O
activities	O
common	O
across	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
in	O
HyperCourseware	B-Protocol
the	O
hypermedia	O
database	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
same	O
sort	O
of	O
natural	O
links	O
between	O
objects	O
as	O
one	O
would	O
expect	O
in	O
the	O
educational	O
materials	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
called	O
"	O
ObjectPlus	O
"	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
on	O
a	O
local	O
area	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
it	O
was	O
rewritten	O
for	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
using	O
HTML	B-Language
on	O
a	O
WebStar	B-Protocol
server	O
using	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
hosted	O
by	O
an	O
Apple	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
and	O
a	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
database	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
