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Jeanne-Louise Moys, Ann Marcus-Quinn and Triona Hourigan
Books and Screens and the Reading Brain
Investigating the Interplay Between Typographic Differentiation, Motivation and Recall in E-learning
2017
September
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This paper reports on a collaborative project between the University of Reading, the University of Limerick and the Department of Education and Skills (Ireland). Our research focuses on the role of typographic presentation in post-primary student use of eLearning for reading-based activities. In particular, we are exploring whether different degrees of visual differentiation applied to the typographic signaling of different kinds of information in an online poetry resource influence learners’ motivation and recall when engaging with digital interfaces. We are developing customized eLearning resources that learners will interact with during a poetry lesson. A combination of quantitative and qualitative/observational methods of data collection are being used to explore the influence of typographic signaling on learners’ motivations and recall. We hope to present our methods, materials and findings as examples of how a cross disciplinary collaboration can inform approaches to the study of eLearning and guidelines for optimizing everyday practice.
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