Learning and navigating in hypertext: Navigational support by hierarchical menu or tag cloud?

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Highlights:

• Hierarchical menus and tag clouds were compared when learning from hypertext.

• We captured logging, eye movements and task performance.

• Tag clouds lead to more focused search without impairing task performance.

• Focused search showed in less page revisits and longer consulting of tag clouds.

• Tag clouds support navigation and can facilitate learning from hypertext.

摘要

•Hierarchical menus and tag clouds were compared when learning from hypertext.•We captured logging, eye movements and task performance.•Tag clouds lead to more focused search without impairing task performance.•Focused search showed in less page revisits and longer consulting of tag clouds.•Tag clouds support navigation and can facilitate learning from hypertext.

论文关键词:Hypertext learning,Navigation behavior,Gender differences,Eye tracking

论文评审过程:Available online 6 February 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.025