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Direct linkAlAgha, Iyad – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This article presents KnowledgePuzzle, a browsing tool for knowledge construction from the web. It aims to adapt the structure of web content to the learner's information needs regardless of how the web content is originally delivered. Learners are provided with a meta-cognitive space (e.g., a concept mapping tool) that enables them to plan…
Descriptors: Web Browsers, Navigation (Information Systems), Hypermedia, Computer Software Evaluation
Little, Suzanne; Ferguson, Rebecca; Ruger, Stefan – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2012
The authors describe how content-based multimedia search technologies can be used to help learners find new materials and learning pathways by identifying semantic relationships between educational resources in a social learning network. This helps users--both learners and educators--to explore and find material to support their learning aims.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Use Studies, Semantics, Educational Technology
Withrow, Jason – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Discusses the concept of information scent in a Web site, which is based on mental associations between concepts. Describes research in the field of human-computer interaction, including how humans locate information and semantic networks; and discusses navigation success, user testing, good links, and facet-based browsing. (LRW)
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Interaction, Man Machine Systems, Navigation (Information Systems)
Makar, Susan – Computers in Libraries, 2003
Describes the redesign of the Web site at the virtual library of the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Discusses usability problems with the original site, including navigation difficulties; focus groups to determine user needs; usability testing for the new Web site; and the importance of customer input. (LRW)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Focus Groups, Navigation (Information Systems), Special Libraries
Download full textFenley, Sue – 1998
This research investigates the ways people learn from multimedia and how navigational patterns can be incorporated into the design structure. The paper begins with a discussion of present navigational research and then presents the results from the initial empirical work, including a pilot study of primary and secondary children using multimedia…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development
Peer reviewedHopkins, Teresa; Thomas, Andrew; Bailey, Mike – Information Services & Use, 1998
Describes the production of computer-based resources for students of textiles and engineering in the United Kingdom. Highlights include funding by the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP), courseware author/subject expert interaction, usage test and evaluation, authoring software, graphics, computer-aided design simulation, self-test…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics
