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Co-reading: investigating collaborative group reading

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Jennifer Pearson,

Harold Thimbleby,

George R. BuchananAuthors Info & Claims

JCDL '12: Proceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital Libraries

Pages 325 - 334

https://doi.org/10.1145/2232817.2232876

Published: 10 June 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Collaborative reading, or co-reading as we call it, is ubiquitous; it occurs, for instance, in classrooms, book-clubs, and in less coordinated ways through mass media. While individual digital reading has been the subject of much investigation, research into co-reading is scarce. We report a two-phase field study of group reading to identify an initial set of user requirements. A co-reading interface is then designed that facilitates the coordination of group reading by providing temporary `Point-out' markers to indicate specific locations within documents. A user study compared this new system with collaborative reading on paper, with a positive outcome; the differences in user behavior between paper and the new interface reveal intriguing insights into user needs and the potential benefits of digital media for co-reading.

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Co-reading: investigating collaborative group reading
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Digital libraries and archives
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Digital libraries and archives

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JCDL '12: Proceedings of the 12th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital Libraries

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DOI:10.1145/2232817

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