Like other studies of this sort, this review of the surfing habits of 40 people should not be thought as statistically significant, but it raises some interesting design possibilities. According to the authors, the people surveyed do not employ a spatial metaphor when describing the contents of a web site: they relate pages according to their conceptual content. "The work reinforces an idea that every information architecture should pay heed to: the site's connectivity should match the way its information is interrelated." Now online courses (I might add) are organized chronologically, from lesson 1 to lesson 10 (or whatever). But do online learners remember the course this way? Is this the best way to have them remember the course? Does chronological course design interfere with their understanding of the relation between course concepts? Interesting questions (if you study this, try to survey more than 40 people).
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