This collection presents papers pertaining to the wide area of educational multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications. The conference serves as a forum for the dissemination of information on the research, development, and applications in all areas of multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications in education across all disciplines and levels. The papers cover a range of topics, including: instructional design; distance education; authoring; media in education; interactive learning environments; pedagogical issues; hypermedia systems; hypermedia applications; small dedicated applications; networked environments; courseware; educational media design; and computer supported cooperative work. This collection is a guide to what is happening in educational multimedia and hypermedia, now and in the future. This proceedings contains 485 short and full papers, reports of 6 panels, 23 tutorials and workshops, and 130 posters and demos. (DLS)