The Role of Interactivity in Web-Based Educational Material
By Laurie Brady Summary: The effect of interactivity within an educational website was examined regarding learning outcomes, website satisfaction, and student time-on-task. The participants consisted...
View ArticleReading Online Text with a Poor Layout: Is Performance Worse?
by Barbara S. Chaparro, A. Dawn Shaikh, & J. Ryan Baker Summary: This study examined the effects of enhanced layout (headers, indentation, and figure placement) on reading performance,...
View ArticleWhere’s the Search? Re-examining User Expectations of Web Objects
By A. D. Shaikh & K. Lenz Summary. In 2001, Bernard determined that users were able to form a schema for the location of web objects on informational websites. The current study investigates...
View ArticleDoes Color Impact How Users View a Portal Web Page?
Justin W. Owens & Sav Shrestha Summary. This study investigated the eye movement patterns of users viewing a portal web page. Previous research has shown that web portal pages are scanned by row...
View ArticleHow do Users View Search Results Presented in a Grid Layout?
By C. Siu & B. Chaparro Summary. Previous research has shown that users scan traditional text-based Web pages using an “F-shaped” pattern. Evidence of this pattern exists because of the...
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