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Online Reading Research Questions (Take 1)

By admin | Published: January 28, 2011
Some of you know that I’m slowly working on a PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology. My area of interest is in online reading behavior in hypertext environments. I’ve been shy to draft real research questions until I was more familiar with the current state of research on this topic. And while I haven’t discovered, [...]
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DE Research Week 3 Readings

By admin | Published: January 24, 2011
Anderson, T. (2008). Toward a theory of online learning. In T. Anderson (Ed.), The theory and practice of online learning (2nd ed., pp. 33-60). Edmonton, Canada: Athabasca University Press. Though some oppose use of educational theory, many believe theory allows us to see the big picture. A good theory, according to Wilson, helps us (1) [...]
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Three Articles on Mouse-Based Tracking of User Behavior

By admin | Published: January 20, 2011
I’m already familiar with a fair amount of research on eye-gaze tracking, but have been interested in the fairly recent recognition of a correlation between mouse movement and eye gaze. Such a discovery would mean that user eye movement can be estimated without costly and restrictive eye tracking equipment, and research can be conducted on [...]
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DE Research Week 2 Readings

By admin | Published: January 18, 2011
Holmberg, B. (1995). Theory and practice of distance education. Library (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. This article examines distance learning through the conversation metaphor, a theory of teaching and learning which focuses on the friendly, conversational, and personal transactions between students and instructors. This theory fits well into a student-centered view of teaching and [...]
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Three articles on reading hypertext from the 90s

By admin | Published: January 17, 2011
I’ve begun a harvest of research literature concerned with online (hypertext) reading and cognitive load. I initially ordered my reading list by discovery, but, a half dozen articles later, wish I had collected broadly, first, and began moving backwards from more recent publications. The following three articles are from the 90s, concerned primarily with comparison [...]
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DE Research Week 1 Readings

By admin | Published: January 4, 2011
Anglin, G. J., & Morrison, G. R. (2000). An analysis of distance education research: Implications for the instructional technologist. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 1(3), 189-194. Notes History of DE: 3 generations: correspondence, recorded media, networked communication. Defining DE: Keegan: separation of student and instructor, provisions for two-way communication, possibility of meetings. Simonson, Schlosser, Hanson: [...]
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