Simplifying Hypermedia Usage for Learners: The Effect of Visual and Manual Filtering Capabilities on Efficiency, Perceptions of Usability, and Performance.

Welsh, Thomas M.

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ERIC Number: EJ521860

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Publication Date: 1995

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Simplifying Hypermedia Usage for Learners: The Effect of Visual and Manual Filtering Capabilities on Efficiency, Perceptions of Usability, and Performance.

Welsh, Thomas M.

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, v4 n4 p275-304 1995

Investigates the effects of two hypermedia interface design strategies on learner efficiency, perceptions of usability, and performance. Compares undergraduate student outcomes of comprehending and locating information by using manual and visual filtering via computers. Findings support the use of these filtering tools as methods of increasing efficiency and perceptions of usability. (Author/JMV)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Educational Media, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Visual Learning

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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