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Forced mouse tracking of reading behavior

By Jared Stein | Published: March 28, 2011
I just had the wacky idea that I could force users in an experimental situation to engage in movements that help track their reading behavior in a web browser. This method would employ Javascript and CSS–in short, the script would obscure text outside of the foveal vision area–the readable foveal vision area would be centered [...]
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A Diagram of Reading Media

By Jared Stein | Published: March 26, 2011
I was in diagramming mode this afternoon, thinking through different aspects of the processes and interactions of reading. One sketch led me to the following simple visualization of printed vs. digital media. This draft excludes forms and modes, and may only be useful as a component of my own understanding:
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Challenges for online reading researchers

By Jared Stein | Published: March 20, 2011
Some thoughts re. future challenges and opportunities for researchers interested in online reading that were burbling as I drove to Layton today: * reading detection without eyetracking * eyetracking in mobile computer device * ecologically valid studies of reading for learning; more authentic environments and tasks ** quasi-experimental research of online users in their natural [...]
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Threads to follow-up on

By Jared Stein | Published: March 30, 2010
autodidactism, solitude, information explosion, reading, self-regulation
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