The art of navigating through hypertext
Communications of the ACM
Emerging trends in the WWW user population
Communications of the ACM
Lost in hyperspace: cognitive mapping and navigation in a hypertext environment
Hypertext: theory into practice
Toward the optimal link structure of the cyber shopping mall
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
The conceptual structure of information space
Designing information spaces
Children's navigation of hyperspace: are spatial skills important?
WBED'07 Proceedings of the sixth conference on IASTED International Conference Web-Based Education - Volume 2
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The relationship of sense of direction in the real world to Internet use, as well as to cognitive maps of the Internet, was investigated. In Study 1, 28 participants were asked to draw a sketch map of the Internet. They also completed a questionnaire containing scales for measuring Internet usage, knowledge, and skill, and completed the Sense of Direction Questionnaire (SDQ-S), which is composed of two scales, awareness of orientation and memory for usual spatial behavior. In Study 2, 48 participants performed a modified sketch map task and completed the same questionnaires. Awareness of orientation improved the Internet skills of novices but not of experts. In addition, awareness of orientation affected the structure of the cognitive maps of the Internet. These results suggest that sense of direction in the real world influence skill with the Web for novice users.