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Foveal vision in reading

By Jared Stein | Published: March 14, 2011
As I work my way backwards from eye tracking to the correlation between eye movement and cognition (i.e. to answer the question, how do we know that eye movement means one is reading?) I’ve begun to delve into basic research on eye movements in reading, most recently accessing the influential work “Eye Fixations and Cognitive [...]
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Weekend Notes: Eyetracking and Determining Reading

By Jared Stein | Published: March 13, 2011
This weeks’ readings took me deeper into eye tracking of reading, as I sought to verify that current research on eye tracking of web site usage is not necessarily related to or relevant for reading research. Nielsen and Pernice’s 2010 book, “Eyetracking Web Usability” is already a classic for web designers, and though Nielsen’s work [...]
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Notes on Discussion Reading Tracking Proposal Draft

By Jared Stein | Published: March 8, 2011
These are my notes from the in-class discussion of my project proposal first draft. The general conclusion is that the problem needs to be articulated from a methodological gap. An alternative approach is to write this as a stand-alone literature review of reading strategy tracking methods. — Clarity: reading problem or methodological problem? are gaps [...]
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10-Article Analysis: Rational, theory, questions

By Jared Stein | Published: February 7, 2011
I’ve analyzed ten articles on the topic of reading, hypertext, and cognitive load, looking at the articles’ rational, theoretical framework, and research questions. That document is available on Google Docs to invited users. I found this particular task useful in identifying not only the structure of the articles, but also to narrow focus to these [...]
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Levy Article on Reading and Attention

By Jared Stein | Published: February 6, 2011
 Levy, D. M. (1997). I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Reading and Attention in Digital Libraries. Proceedings of the second ACM international conference on Digital libraries (pp. 202-211). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This paper explores the changing view of attention and reading, contextualizing it in modern technology developments. “…a particular constellation of technology developments and [...]
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DE Research Week 4 Readings

By Jared Stein | Published: February 1, 2011
Garrison, D. R. (1997). Computer conferencing: the post-industrial age of distance education. Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 12(2), 3-11. Recognizes the power of computer conferencing –especially asynchronous online forums–as compared to live, synchronous conversation. This distinguishes a new era of distance education, a post-industrial era. “…computer conferences may be globally accessible but are not [...]
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Reading in Hypertext Ecologies Draft 1

By Jared Stein | Published: January 31, 2011
Based on the exploratory research questions I drafted last week, I’ve composed the following 1p “proposal” on describing reading in hypertext ecologies: Contemporary learners operate in increasingly hypertext-rich online environments, yet research on cognitive load and performance suggests that hypertext may have a negative impact on tasks where focused attention is important, such as reading. [...]
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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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Three Articles Exploring Online Document Navigation

By Jared Stein | Published: January 26, 2011
Ohno, T. (2004). EyePrint : Support of Document Browsing with Eye Gaze Trace. Scenario, 16-23. Because digital documents are “physically insignificant” there is a problem of reusability, where repeated access does not increase accessibility. This project adds “eyeprint traces” to a digital document based on the parts of a document that are “highly activated” by [...]
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Connecting DE Theory to Online Reading Research

By Jared Stein | Published: January 25, 2011
Levy’s concepts of attention in reading recognizes sustained (extensive) reading vs. hyper-extensive reading–the latter referring to our changing reading habits, where we reading extensively and broadly, but shallowly. In this case Levy precede’s Nicholas Carr (“The Shallows”), who argues that our use of technology is changing our brain structures, which may ultimately inhibit certain thinking/learning [...]
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