Even though the effective usage of mobile devices has become a mandatory requirement in many professional and private areas, inexperienced users face especially great difficulties in acquiring computer skills. Based on the assumptions of constructivist learning theories, the effect of asking questions and repeated practice on PDA skill acquisition in adults (n = 36) was examined. Learners had t...

Practitioner guidelines simultaneously provide broad overviews and in-depth details of disease. Written for experts, they are difficult for patients to understand, yet patients often use these guidelines as a source of information to help them to learn about their health. Using practitioner guidelines along with patient information needs and preferences, we created a method to design an informa...

During a search task, a user’s search intention is possible inaccurate. Even with clear information need, it is probable that the search query cannot precisely describe the user’s need. And besides, the user is utterly impossible browse all the returned results. Thus, a selected and valuable returned search list is quite important for a search system. Actually, there are lots of reliable and hi...