Learning with hypertext learning environments: theory, design, and research
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Importance of text structure in everyday reading
Understanding language understanding
The effects of task interruption and information presentation on individual decision making
ICIS '97 Proceedings of the eighteenth international conference on Information systems
Interaction and outeraction: instant messaging in action
CSCW '00 Proceedings of the 2000 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Multimedia Learning
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Web-based learning environments contain expository texts full of domain knowledge that has to be read and synthesized by the students. While the students are reading and trying to comprehend the information, they are frequently interrupted by synchronous communication tools like instant messaging. This paper presents research on comprehension of expository texts in on-line environments when interrupted frequently by instant messages and chat rooms. Results show a lack of organization in memory and missing important parts of texts when undergraduate students are frequently interrupted during reading.