Workshop: Using Keystroke Logging in Writing Research
We are pleased to invite you for a two-day workshop on "Using Keystroke Logging in Writing Research," to be held at MIT in Boston (MA) from April 30 to May 1, 2016. Sponsored by the Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication program at MIT and the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric at Dartmouth College.
Conference Program (Revised)
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Registration and coffee |
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10.00 |
10.30 |
Welcome and introduction to each other |
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10.30 |
11.15 |
Theoretical framework: Studying writing processes |
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11.15 |
11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30 |
12.30 |
Keystroke logging in writing research: An introduction |
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14.00 |
15.45 |
Workshop |
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15.45 |
16.15 |
Refreshments |
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16.15 |
18.00 |
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Sunday 1 May 2016 |
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09.30 |
11.00 |
Analyzing pausing and revision behavior |
1-150 |
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11.00 |
11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30 |
12.00 |
Measuring writing fluency |
1-150 |
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12.00 |
12.30 |
Writing from sources |
1-150 |
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12.30 |
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Workshop |
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16.30 |
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Refreshments |
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17.00 |
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World café: Future research perspectives in keystroke logging |
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closing |
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Workshop Leaders
Luuk Van Waes, Full Professor in Business & Technical Communication, Department of Management, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp | Belgium
Mariëlle Leijten, Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Post-doctoral Researcher in the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences, University of Antwerp | Belgium
Aims
It is our intention to gather a small group, a maximum of 25 researchers in the domain of writing process research. The main objectives of this workshop include the following:
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explore the possibilities and limitations of new methods and techniques that are currently used to collect data on writing processes, viz. keystroke logging;
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discuss good practices to set up ethnographical and experimental writing process research, also focusing on the complementarity of observation methods;
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introduce a wide range of possibilities to explore writing process data from different perspectives and prepare them for further analysis;
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present qualitative and quantitative approaches to writing process data;
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create a basis for a stronger international network of enthusiastic writing researchers in different stages in their careers.
Lodging
We have arranged for a block of rooms at a group rate at a nearby hotel within walking distance of the workshop site. Participants wishing to take advantage of the group rate need to contact the hotel to make their own reservations before Friday, April 8, 2016.
Hotel: Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Group Rate: $233/night including internet access – available the nights of Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30. A limited number of rooms is available for a third night, Sunday, May 1st.
To Make Reservations by Phone: Call 1-800-228-9290 or 617-494-6600 . Be sure to mention the group code in order to get the block rate. Group Code: “Dartmouth College Writing Research Room Block”
To Make Reservations Online: Use this special link to go to the Marriott online reservations site for the workshop:
Dartmouth College Writing Research Room Block link to Marriott online reservations site
Organizers
Mariëlle Leijten, University of Antwerp | Belgium
marielle.leijten@uantwerpen.be | http://www.uantwerpen.be/marielle-leijten
Luuk Van Waes, University of Antwerp | Belgium
luuk.vanwaes@uantwerpen.be | http://www.uantwerpen.be/luuk-vanwaes
Suzanne Lane, Director, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication, MIT | USA
stlane@mit.edu | http://cmsw.mit.edu/profile/suzanne-lane/
Christiane K. Donahue, Director, Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, Dartmouth College | USA
Christiane.K.Donahue@dartmouth.edu | http://writing-speech.dartmouth.edu/people/christiane-k-donahue
Additional Information about the Workshop
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Inputlog has been developed at the University of Antwerp to log writing processes in both ecological and experimental settings. The program logs all keyboard and mouse events in whatever Windows environment. When writing in MS Word extra characteristics that relate to the input events are logged to allow for refined writing analyses (see below). The program also logs text production with speech recognition (Dragon Naturally Speaking, Nuance) and also tracks copy-and-paste actions that relate to the use of external digital sources (e.g. the internet). Inputlog features five modules:
Inputlog is freely available for non-commercial use by researchers in the context of writing and translation research. It is available on : http://www.inputlog.net. Reference |
Inputlog |