Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Author "Eika, Evelyn"
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Multi-switch scanning keyboards: A theoretical study of simultaneous parallel scans with QWERTY layout
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn; Medola, Fausto Orsi (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;10907; Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Methods, Technologies, and Users, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)Scanning keyboards can be useful aids for individuals with reduced motor function. However, scanning input techniques are known for being very slow to use because they require waiting for the right cell to be highlighted ... -
On Taiwanese pupils’ ability to differentiate between English /l/ and /r/: A study of L1/L2 cross-language effects
Eika, Evelyn; Hsieh, Yining (First language;Vol 37, Issue 5, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Students in South East Asia often struggle with English /l/ and /r/. This study therefore set out to examine how Taiwanese pupils’ perception of these sounds is influenced by cross language effects. Most Taiwanese ... -
On Time Reading Performance: A Comparison of the Clock Face and Digit Representations
Knapskog, Martine Amanda Dahl; Lines, Frida; Maalen-Johansen, Erik Semb; Eika, Evelyn; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object; Journal article, 2023)Time plays an essential part of our lives. We are typically surrounded by two types of time representation, clock faces and digits. Previous work focused on children’s ability to read time, but adults’ ability to read time ... -
Reducing Scanning Keyboard Input Errors with Extended Start Dwell-Time
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn; Medola, Fausto Orsi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Some individuals with reduced motor function rely on scanning keyboards to operate computers. A problem observed with scanning keyboards is that errors typically occur during the first group or first cell of a group. This ... -
Rethinking Audio Editing Visualizations: Towards Better Visual Search in Audio Editing Interfaces
Eika, Evelyn; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)QueryWaveform visualization is a key tool in audio editing. However, the visualization of audio waveforms has changed little since the emergence of the first software systems for audio editing several decades ago. This ... -
Starstruck by journal prestige and citation counts? On students’ bias and perceptions of trustworthiness according to clues in publication references
Eika, Evelyn; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Scientometrics;Volume 127, issue 11, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-10)Research is becoming increasingly accessible to the public via open access publications, researchers’ social media postings, outreach activities, and popular disseminations. A healthy research discourse is typifed by ... -
Statistics-IDE: Supporting the design of empirical experiments for non-experts during early stages of research projects
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing;Volume 722, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-31)Empirical experimentation and inferential statistics are often perceived as challenging among students and researchers. Yet, empirical experiments are highly relevant and appropriate methods in several areas of ergonomics ... -
Technology students’ perceptions of learning in higher education
Eika, Evelyn (British Journal of English Linguistics;Vol 9, Issue 1, 2021, Academic article, 2021)This study set out to probe students’ thoughts regarding what engaged them to learn, what did not, and what they envisage an engaging future higher education to be in relation to the status quo. A journal writing activity ... -
The impact of ChatGPT on students' academic writing
Shah Rezaei, Leila (Master thesis, 2024)A mere two months following the release of the Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) in late November 2022, the chatbot reached 100 million monthly active users by January 2023 (CHOW, 2023 ) Given the novelty ... -
Towards a framework for the design of quantitative experiments: Human-computer interaction and accessibility research
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn; Medola, Fausto Orsi (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;10907; Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Methods, Technologies, and Users, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)Many students and researchers struggle with the design and analysis of empirical experiments. Such issue may be caused by lack of knowledge about inferential statistics and suitable software tools. Often, students and ... -
Towards More Efficient Screen Reader Web Access with Automatic Summary Generation and Text Tagging
Sarwar, Usama; Eika, Evelyn (Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 12376, Conference object, 2020-09-04)Readers with 20/20 vision can easily read text and quickly perceive information to get an overview of the information within a text. This is more challenging for readers who rely on screen readers. This study investigated ... -
Towards universal accessibility on the web: Do grammar checking tools improve text
Kaushik, Hitesh Mohan; Eika, Evelyn; Sandnes, Frode Eika (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS);Volume 12188, Conference object, 2020-07-10)Readable text is a key ingredient in a universally accessible web. WCAG2.1 recommends that text should be readable by someone with basic schooling, a criterion that is hard to quantify and implement. Writers rely on ... -
Universal Design in the Technology Education Curriculum: Experiences from Norway
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)In recent decades the engineering and technology education curriculum has changed from being purely technical oriented towards being more socially aware. In addition, to adequately master technologies ... -
Universally Designed Text on the Web: Towards Readability Criteria Based on Anti-Patterns
Eika, Evelyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The readability of web text s affects accessibility. The Web Content Acces sibility guidelines (WCAG) state that the recommended reading level should match that of someone who has completed basic schooling. ... -
Visual augmentation of printed materials with intelligent see-through glass displays: A prototype based on smartphone and pepper’s ghost
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)—Augmented reality technologies have been applied in educational contexts to enhance traditional textbooks with socalled mixed reality books where static printed context is augmented with dynamic content. These techniques ... -
Visual Reading vs. Screen Reading: On Demand Summary Generation and Text Tagging - ODSG&TT
Sarwar, Usama (Master thesis, 2019)The 20/20 vision readers – the readers with no vision impairments, are able to read text and perceive information simultaneously while this is not very easy for people who are visually impaired. 20/20 vision readers or ... -
A Visualization Bookmarklet for Assessing the Readability of Texts on the Web
Sandnes, Frode Eika; Eika, Evelyn (PETRA: Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2023)Readability is an important goal of texts on the web. Manual inspection of readability can be time consuming. Several readability indices have been proposed but their calculations often require text to be copied into ...