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PLUS and portability evaluation

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PORTABILITY is the ability of a single program to run on multiple platforms without having to change it. PLUS is an authoring system designed for cross-platform courseware development for Macintosh computers and IBM PC and compatible computers running Microsoft’s Windows. PLUS’s portability was tested, and the results are reported in this article. The viability of the procedures used to do these tests also is discussed.

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  1. Sammy K. Shin

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    Craig N. Locatis

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Craig Locatis works at the National Library of Medicines’ Learning Center for Interactive Technology where he is involved with research, development, and demonstration of educational technology. In addition to identifying exemplary products for the center, he develops his own applications and produces monographs and research reports. The work reported here resulted from a recent review of authoring software products.

Sammy Shin is a computer science student at the University of Michigan. He conducted this study of authoring software while working at the National Library of Medicine.

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Shin, S.K., Locatis, C.N. PLUS and portability evaluation. J. Comput. High. Educ. 7, 95–105 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02948596

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