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Hewitt, Jim; Brett, Clare; Peters, Vanessa – American Journal of Distance Education, 2007
This article introduces a new computer conferencing metric called Scan Rate, which is a measure of students' and instructors' online reading speed. The term "scan" refers to the practice of either skimming through a message at an unusually rapid pace or reading a message partially and then stopping before the end is reached. It is…
Descriptors: Class Size, Teleconferencing, Reading Rate, Speed Reading
Siders, Bill – 1995
At the New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), both a four-year high school and a two-year junior college, students spend weekday evenings at their desks in mandatory study hall. The goal of NMMI for its campus network is to have a network tap on the desk of each cadet (as well as faculty and administrative staff). The Internet, now already…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Terminals