Learning History in the Constructive Hypermedia Environment of KASTALIA

In this paper we present the research results of learning history using KASTALIA compared by the traditional teaching method using the school textbook in electronic format. KASTALIA is an educational hypermedia environment for learning archaic history and art. The special characteristics of the environment are the organization of the complex historical information, the context in which the historical sources are connected to. The overall organization of historical information in a hypertext system offers the students an alternative student-centered environment to explore, elaborate and exploit historical sources in constructing historical knowledge. Students learn through learning activities that guide them step by step and according to the level of difficulty. The flexibility of the hypertext environment motivates students to learn history more efficiently in a different from the traditional learning