HyDE: a hypermedia document editor based on OLE technology

Reports on recent and on going work related to the design of a Hypermedia Document Editor (HyDE) intended to produce courseware to be used in a cooperative and distance learning environment. This work is carried out in the context of the Co-Learn European project, which is aiming to design and to implement a third generation cooperative learning environment. The authors describe the impact that OLE technology might have on the “look and feel” of hypermedia learning material, the HyDE implementation and the application functionality