What this means to teachers. Some speculations about why there are so few argumentative hypertexts in scholarly discourse. A bit digressive but sets up the context for the argument. Resistance to Electronic Scholarship in General A modest digression on this subject. Stevan Harnad'son Electronic Scholarship Links to Harnad's work.
Print is intertextual too.
The Theory of Transformative Technology Background on this theory, useful for those not already steeped in McLuhan, Ong, Bolter, et al. Nancy Kaplan' on Technological Determinism A caveat on transformation theory. A background note. The crux of my argument about the rhetoric of hypertext. Philosophy and Rhetoric, Argument and Exploration Distinctions among these terms to explore my argument.