Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4CIxLC02220; Mon, 12 May 2003 14:59:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:59:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B28BD16DA07FD4119BF800304821217801F8D5B9@AGUIRRE04> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Heide Wrigley <hwrigley@aiweb.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2831] Re: Comments on the Unweaving the Web X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 3567 Lines: 91 Hi, Emily and others - I'm about to leave the country and won't be able to be part of the Unweaving the Web discussion right now although I am very much interested and would like to jump in once I get to Bavaria. As for the usability questions, I wanted to point you all to a discussion on Interface Issues that appears in one of the Cyberstep papers that Jim Powrie and I developed for the federally funded Cyberstep project that was designed to link technology and adult ESL/adult literacy. The paper is on http://cyberstep.org/pdfs/multimedia_devStandards.pdf or you can just go to www.cyberstep.org, click on "papers" and select the second paper (materials development framework).Look up Interfaces in the RESOURCES section in the table of contents. I look forward to a lively discussion on all the questions that Emily raised Auf Wiedersehn Heide -----Original Message----- From: Hacker, Emily [mailto:EHacker@fegs.org] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 8:11 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2829] Re: Comments on the Unweaving the Web Hello Christina, Andrew and Mercedes and welcome to the NIFL-Technology Discussion List: Thank you for agreeing to spend the week with us discussing Unweaving the Web. Over 60 discussion list subscribers downloaded the article, so we should have a pretty active dialogue. I'd like to jump in with a question/comment. I am interested in the comparison of literacy skills or behaviors required by print, online and other media. I noticed that in the article, you suggest further studies in this area. Some of the literacy skills required for reading and understanding print include the ability to use a table of contents, index, foot & end notes, bibliography, to "read" tables, charts and illustrations and connect them to their corresponding text, scanning & skimming, etc. Are these skills more intuitive than related web literacy skills? What are your thoughts on which of the difficulties you observed were due to poor web design and which demonstrated the need for explicit instruction in unique literacy behaviors required by this new media? Also, can you talk about the "usability inspections" that you referred to in the article for evaluating web sites and anticipating user needs? What do they consist of? Thanks. --Emily ************************************************************ Emily Hacker Moderator - NIFL Technology Director, Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212)366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org ******************************************************************* Please List Your Job Openings with FEGS at (212)366-8039 If You Are interested in Making a Donation to FEGS to Help Us Continue To Provide Essential Crisis Support Services, please contact Gail Magaliff, COO at (212)366-8551 or send an e-email to gmagaliff@fegs.org PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.fegs.org ************************NOTE************************************** The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by tel (212-366-8400), and discard the original message. Thank you for your cooperation. *******************************************************************
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