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 h3EGIOU10422; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:18:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:18:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20030414161208.ZPEY16099.imta01a2.registeredsite.com@smtp.registeredsite.com> 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: <fmora@one-economy.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2804] Re: Question: Research on Webpages for X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 6992 Lines: 230 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Emily, > > A discussion about research on webpages for audiences w/ less > literacy is absolutely interesting to me, as well as looking at the > paper. It sure would help those of us working on designing such > web pages. > > Cheers, > Francisco Mora > Program Director > One Economy Corporation > > www.thebeehive.org > www.one-economy.com > > -------Original Message------- > From: "David J. Rosen" <DJRosen@theworld.com> > Sent: 04/11/03 04:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2800] Re: Question: Research on > Webpages for > > > > > Hello Emily and others, > > I have read the article and recommend it highly. It's great that you > have asked Christina Zarcadoolas to join the NIFL-Technology list > as a > guest. Web design for low-literate adults is a very important topic > and > I will eagerly participate in this discussion. > > David J. Rosen > > Hacker, Emily wrote: > > 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 <a target=_blank > href="http://www.fegs.org">www.fegs.org</a> > > > > ************************NOTE************************************* * > > The information contained in this email message is intended > only > > for use of the addressee(s) named above. 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