Scan Rate: A New Metric for the Analysis of Reading Behaviors in Asynchronous Computer Conferencing Environments

Autor/inn/en	Hewitt, Jim; Brett, Clare; Peters, Vanessa
Titel	Scan Rate: A New Metric for the Analysis of Reading Behaviors in Asynchronous Computer Conferencing Environments
Quelle	In: American Journal of Distance Education, 21 (2007) 4, S.215-231 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-3647
Schlagwörter	Class Size; Teleconferencing; Reading Rate; Speed Reading; Computer Mediated Communication; Reading Habits; Online Courses; Reading Comprehension; Computer Terminals; Graduate Students; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengröße; Telekonferenz; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Schnelllesen; Computerkonferenz; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Online course; Online-Kurs; Leseverstehen; Bildschirmgerät; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland
Abstract	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 proposed that the Scan Rate metric offers a useful way of monitoring how thoroughly students attend to the messages they read. Four analyses illustrate the utility of the metric. These reveal that (1) scan rates increase with message size, (2) students are more likely to scan the messages of their peers than messages written by their instructor, (3) students engage in scanning practices more frequently than instructors, and (4) scan rates are partially a function of class size and class configuration. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10