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Kuzu, Abdullah; Firat, Mehmet – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The Internet users who fail to cope with navigation may generally face various problems such as disorientation, distraction, low motivation and abandonment of information retrieval. Therefore, navigational aids are frequently used in today's Web browsers and Web sites to help users navigate on the Internet. However, it is asserted that…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Web Sites, Search Strategies
Farzan, Rosta – ProQuest LLC, 2009
"Social Navigation" for the Web has been created as a response to the problem of disorientation in information space. It helps by visualizing traces of behavior of other users and adding social affordance to the information space. Despite the popularity of social navigation ideas, very few studies of social navigation systems can be found in the…
Descriptors: Cues, Trust (Psychology), Information Seeking, Reading Ability
Somyurek, Sibel; Guyer, Tolga; Atasoy, Bilal – Online Submission, 2008
One of the major features of a computer based instruction (CBI) is its non-linear structure allowing learners the opportunity of flexible navigation to accommodate their own needs. However, this non-linear structure may cause problems such as inefficient navigation, being lost or cognitive overhead for some learners. The aim of this study is to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning
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Somyürek, Sibel; Güyer, Tolga; Atasoy, Bilal – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2008
One of the major features of a computer based instruction (CBI) is its non-linear structure allowing learners the opportunity of flexible navigation to accommodate their own needs. However, this non-linear structure may cause problems such as inefficient navigation, being lost or cognitive overhead for some learners. The aim of this study is to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning