Added cognitive load

Parent Level

[Aspects of Hypermedia]
[Hypermedia shortcomings]
[History of Hypermedia]
[Hypermedia Systems]
[Hypermedia applications]
[Hypermedia and Learning]

Current level

[Manual discovery & definition]
[disorientation]
[Implicit relation knowledge]
[Predetermined paths]
[Added cognitive load]

Child Level

 

 

 

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  1. Added cognitive load to hypermedia users - introduction


Added cognitive load to hypermedia users - introduction

Added cognitive load to hypermedia users.  From the above we can conclude that hypermedia systems place more responsibility on the user for accessing sequencing and deriving meaning from the information which a hypermedia system carry. This added responsibility will bring added cognitive processing load to hypermedia users. Experiential evaluations shown that although user of a hypermedia system like the navigation in a hypermedia network they find books easier to read and more accessible that hypermedia systems.

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