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Effects of Typographic Variables on Eye-Movement Measures in Reading Chinese from a Screen
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Yen, Nai-Shing; Tsai, Jie-Li; Chen, Pei-Ling; Lin, Hsuan-Yu; Chen, Arbee L. P. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2011
To investigate the most efficient way to represent text in reading Chinese on computer displays, three typographic variables, character size (41[feet] arc/24 pixels and 60[feet] arc/32 pixels), character spacing (1/4 and 1/8 character width) and font type (Kai and Ming), were manipulated. Results showed that the reading speed for Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Reading Rate, Eye Movements
The Study of Surface Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Its Design, Efficiency, and Challenges
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Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Su, Jia-Han – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
In this study, a Surface Computer Supported Cooperative Work paradigm is proposed. Recently, multitouch technology has become widely available for human-computer interaction. We found it has great potential to facilitate more awareness of human-to-human interaction than personal computers (PCs) in colocated collaborative work. However, other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interaction, Design Requirements, Second Language Learning
The Impact of Media on Collaborative Learning in Virtual Settings: The Perspective of Social Construction
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Chou, Shih-Wei; Min, Hui-Tzu – Computers & Education, 2009
This study examines an alternative function of information sharing--social construction of meaning. Drawing on social construction, social interaction, and task closure theories, we explored the influence of both the media environment in which students are situated and the medium that group members choose to communicate with one another on the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Virtual Classrooms
An Exploratory Study of Internet Addiction, Usage and Communication Pleasure.
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Chou, Chien; Chou, Jung; Tyan, Nay-Ching Nancy – 1998
This study examined the correlation between Internet addiction, usage, and communication pleasure. Research questions were: (1) What is computer network addiction? (2) How can one measure the degree of computer network addiction? (3) What is the correlation between the degree of users' network addiction and their network usage? (4) What is the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Correlation, Criteria, Foreign Countries