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 h3C598U10895; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 01:09:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 01:09:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002f01c300b1$4fd6e280$7085fea9@ameritech.net> 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: "bjteach" <bjteach@ameritech.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2802] Re: Question: Research on Webpages for X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 6667 Lines: 158 I would be interested in the article. Barb Sabaj District 214 Community Education bjteach@ameritech.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Anton" <bba@nauticom.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:59 PM Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2801] Re: Question: Research on Webpages for > Emily > I would also be interested in this article. > Bonnie Anton > > "Bennett, Gina" wrote: > > > > Hi Emily (& others), > > > > I was able to download the full-text article through our library's > > subscription service. I am about half-way through reading it & (based on > > what I've read so far) would be VERY interested in participating in a > > discussion with one of the authors! The paper is well-written & very > > topical. > > > > Gina Bennett > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hacker, Emily [mailto:EHacker@fegs.org] > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:43 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2791] Re: Question: Research on Webpages for > > > > Thank you Jeff for making us aware of the article, "Unweaving the Web: An > > Exploratory Study of Low-Literate Adults' Navigation Skills on the World > > Wide Web." I got in touch with one of the authors, Christina Zarcadoolas. > > She can make the full text of the article available to us in PDF format and > > would be very interested in joining us for a discussion! I think this is a > > great opportunity, as this is one of a very limited number of research > > studies focused specifically on low-literate adults' web use. Here is a > > preview from the policy section of the article: > > > > "Ignoring fundamental principles of "low-barrier" design further > > disenfranchises a significant portion of the population who are already > > compromised in our society. Improving Web access and navigation can > > substantially empower that same group to obtain the information they need to > > manage their daily affairs and improve their health and well-being." > > > > I need to hear back from you whether you are interested in reading the > > article and inviting Christina to discuss it with us. Attachments are not > > allowed on the NIFL discussion lists, but if enough of us are interested I > > can work out an alternative solution for distributing the article. Please > > respond to me or to the list about your interest within the next few days > > and we'll take it from there. > > Best, > > --Emily > > > > ************************************************************ > > Emily Hacker > > Moderator - NIFL Technology > > Director, Learning Technologies > > F.E.G.S > > (212)366-8122 > > ehacker@fegs.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Carter [mailto:jeff_carter@jsi.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:59 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2790] Re: Question: Research on Webpages for > > low-intermediate > > > > Folks, > > > > About a month ago, David Rosen queried the list about research on web > > design for low-intermediate literacy adults. A couple of folks from my > > office spent some time responding to the same query privately, but it > > occurred to me a little while ago that what we found never made it onto > > this list, so I thought I would share it. I know many of you on this > > list are interested in the topic. > > > > Turns out that NCSALL's Health Literacy Studies web site has annotated > > bibliographies (organized by year) for health and literacy articles, > > and that the 2002 bibliography lists some research articles that are > > related to design and content issues for low-literate adults. Thanks to > > Karen Rowe of NCSALL for pointing that out. > > > > <http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/literature/lit_2002.html>; > > > > Unfortunately, there aren't any Web links to the references. However, > > there is definitely one paper that is worth getting a hold of if you > > are interested in this subject, called "Unweaving the Web: An > > Exploratory Study of Low-Literate Adults' Navigation Skills on the > > World Wide Web." Here's the full citation: > > > > > Zarcadoolas, C., Blanco, M., Boyer, J. (2002) Unweaving the Web: An > > > Exploratory Study of Low-Literate Adults' Navigation Skills on the > > > World Wide Web. Journal of Health Communication, Vol. 7: 309-324. > > > > For this study, they looked at how a group of 24 low-literate adults > > (average reading level of 5th-7th grade) navigated the Web. Some of the > > problems they found: people needed to be reminded about scrolling down > > to see more of the page; and had often had trouble finding key "action" > > buttons; working with pull-down menus are sometimes a problem; also > > using the back button. Moving from the body of the page to the address > > bar to ype a URL was often a problem, one that I've noticed when > > training Web novices, whatever the reading level. > > > > In fact, one of the things I thought while I was reading this was that > > many of the barriers cited might also be listed as barriers to anyone > > using a Web browser for the first time, whatever level they read at. > > Although of course there are language barriers as well. Anyway, it was > > an interesting study -- I'm not representing it well with this quick > > summary. I would encourage anyone else who has read it to comment. > > > > Jeff > > > > Jeff Carter > > World Education > > Boston, MA > > (617) 482-9485 > > -------------- > > e-mail: jcarter@worlded.org > > <http://www.worlded.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. 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