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 h4DAZnC06907; Tue, 13 May 2003 06:35:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 06:35:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <BAE64202.64D%Andrew_Pleasant@Brown.edu> 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: Andrew Pleasant <Andrew_Pleasant@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2837] re: active graphics X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1758 Lines: 40 On Steve's question (below), we did see some of that type of activity in the participants of the Unweaving the Web study, occurred on pages where scrolling was possible as well. In some cases, I think the novelty of the web interface and the ability to quickly skip from page to page drove that behavior. I do agree completely that what did not happen in those cases was any real engagement with the material. Recently I talked with a number of new users who, while experiencing the barriers of navigation/ access, expressed an opinion that in time they would surmount these barriers (many initially perceived the barriers as a function of their skills, not related to the design of the web page). That leads me to a related question about what happens over time. Who gets burned out, what happens when the novelty is gone, who loses interest because of the ease of getting lost in an ocean of information, who will drop out because of the barriers of access we have all started to identify? Does anyone have studies/ data on the long-term use of the Internet for folks with low literacy levels after, let's say, an initial training course? Best, Andrew Pleasant > > Veering off a bit--I thought the finding about scrolling was right on. > However, I am curious, has anyone else found that some readers using a > site, such as a tutorial, that has no need to scroll and clear > navigation can create a tendency for learners to click prematurely and > move on to the succeeding pages without fully reading each page? (This > is, I think, not as likely to happen when the ideal situation occurs and > the user chooses the material or becomes truly engaged with the > reading.) Has anyone observd this? > > Thanks, > Steve Quann > World Education >
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