Print-Based Digital Content Interfaces for Social Reading Activities

摘要

This paper investigates the application of digitallyenhanced print-based interfaces to support a combined individual and social jigsaw reading activity. The project team aimed to design and develop an activity that required students to read and process complex authentic technical texts. Informed by student feedback, this research project evaluated the benefits of enhancing the activity with a patented Cluster Pattern Interface (CLUSPI®) [1] to facilitate the students’ reading comprehension and improve their multiliteracy skills. CLUSPI® is a cluster pattern-based encoding scheme that allows digitally encoded information to be embedded in a layer of clustered graphical objects on printed documents. CLUSPI® can expand the application of multimedia by linking paperbased materials to language learning tools through a point-and-click interface.