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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | WEBIST 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology |
| Pages | 5-12 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
| Event | 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, WEBIST 2010 - Valencia, Spain Duration: 7 Apr 2010 → 10 Apr 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | WEBIST 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology |
|---|---|
| Volume | 2 |
Abstract
Annotations have been shown to be an important activity during reading, especially during "active reading". Annotations support understanding, interpretation, sensemaking and scannability. As valuable as in paper-based contexts, digital online annotations provide several benefits for annotators and collaborators. To study the impact of these benefits we present in this paper SpreadCrumbs, a straightforward Web annotation tool. SpreadCrumbs offers simple annotation's interactions and metaphors that support most of the users' annotations needs in the digital environment by enhancing the web experience with "in-context" annotations and providing a unique form of social navigation support with hypertrails. The results of our studies with the tool show the importance of annotations, the empirical outperformance of "in-context" annotations over other methods, and the outcome benefits of supporting social navigation.
Keywords
- Annotation, Online collaboration, Social media, Social network, SpreadCrumbs, Trail, User interface
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Science(all)
- Information Systems
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WEBIST 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology. 2010. p. 5-12 (WEBIST 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology; Vol. 2).
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AU - Kawase, Ricardo
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AU - Nejdl, Wolfgang
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