We are currently recruiting participants for a study on <br />
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facilitating learning using various search and annotation tools (including two <br />
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conditions involving a novel software prototype). The focus is on free-style <br />
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learning about a specific new area of technology. Participants will <br />
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spend most of their time learning about this area on their own and making <br />
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annotations as they choose, using either familiar tools (e.g., Google, Word) or<br />
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something new. There'll also be some testing to assess learning strategies <br />
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and probe how effective the tools they used were in facilitating learning. <br />
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Completing the study requires participation in two sessions. The <br />
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first session lasts about 4 hours (including breaks). The second session lasts <br />
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only 1 hour but must be done one week after the first. Study sessions will <br /><br />be held in the ISL lab at PARC, which is very close to the Stanford Campus<br /><br />(3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto; see ).<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Payment is $120.00 on the completion of the study. Plus a free lunch. :-) <br /><br />For those interested, this could also be one way to learn about some work <br /><br />going on at PARC while earning some cash and helping us out a great deal.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If interested, please contact me at the email address given <br /><br />above. Please feel free to forward this message.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Thanks much.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Diane Schiano, PhD<br /><br />Palo Alto Research Center<br /><br />650.812.4422<br /><br />