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Subject:FYI:Dutch Document Design Conference From:Karen Schriver <ks0e+ -at- ANDREW -dot- CMU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:26:37 -0500
Hi,
Below please find an announcement about an upcoming conference to be
held at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Tilburg is a little
under a two-hour train ride from Amsterdam. They have a strong graduate
program in linguistics and are active in an international group called
the Society for Text and Discourse (mainly people in cognitive
linguistics, text processing, the psychology of reading, and language
comprehension).
karen schriver
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Announcement: International Conference on Document design
On December 17 and 18, 1998, Tilburg University will host the first
International Conference on Document Design.
The conference will address research on the design of informative,
instructive, and persuasive texts.
Programme:
THURSDAY DECEMBER 17
09.00 Registration
09.55 - 10.00 Opening
10.00 - 11.00 Keynote Speaker 1
M. Sadoski on informative documents
11.00 - 12.00 Session 1 and Session 2
Session 1: From text processing to document design I
11.00 - 11.30 L. Degand, Y. Bestgen, & N. Lefevre: "Can connectives
improve informative text comprehension?"
11.30 - 12.00 V. Dupont & Y. Bestgen: "The role of structural
preview on expository text processing"
Session 2: Technology and document design
11.00 - 11.30 S. Kimminau & L. McPhee: "A Web-based document system
for use in Oil Well Diagnosis"
11.30 - 12.00 M. van der Tol: "Composing abstracts for modular
electronic articles in physics"
12.00- 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Session 3 and Session 4
Session 3: From text processing to document design II
13.30 - 14.00 T. Sanders: "Effects of text structure on text
understanding: From text processing to text design?"
14.00 - 14.30 S. Gulgoz, T. Kumkale, M. Emrah Aktunc, & T. Eskenazi:
"Text processing models and research as tools for
designing learnable texts"
14.30 - 15.00 L.Noordman: "On some reader-related factors that
affect what information readers process from the
text"
Session 4: Text and visuals in instructive texts
13.30 - 14.00 M. Gellevij, H. van der Meij, T. de Jong & J.Pieters:
"Do screen captures in manuals make a difference? -A
comparison between textual and visual manuals"
14.00 - 14.30 L. Johnsen: "Designing perceptually cohesive objects
in technical documentation"
14.30 - 15.00 H. van der Meij & M. Gellevij: "Screen captures in
software documentation"
15.00- 15.30 Break
15.30 - 16.30 Session 5 and Session 6
Session 5: Assessing text quality
15.30 - 16.00 R. Neutelings & N. Ummelen: "Measuring reading
behaviour: a comparison of two instruments"
16.00 - 16.30 M. de Jong & P. Schellens: "Formative evaluation in
document design: Validity of the plus-minus method
for the pretesting of brochures"
Session 6: New reading
15.30 - 16.00 S. Bensadoun & C. Gonzalez: "Designing Internet sites:
Impact of labels abstraction degree on user
satisfaction"
16.00 -16.30 L. van Waes: "Detecting navigation barriers on-line and
off-line"
16.30 -17.30 Keynote Speaker 2
R. E. Mayer on instructive documents
18.00 Dinner
FRIDAY DECEMBER 18
09.00 -10.30 Session 7 and Session 8
Session 7: Analysing text quality
09.00 - 09.30 J. Renkema: "The seven sins of document design
research"
09.30 - 10.00 V.K. Bhatia : "Generic integrity in document design"
10.00 - 10.30 R. Klaassen: "The context of document design"
Session 8: New methodologies in instructive design research
09.00 - 09.30 C. Jansen & S. Spruijt: "The influence of task and
medium on reading results: an experiment using the
Internet"
09.30 -10.00 F. Maes & A. Arts: "What can production data teach us
about the effectiveness of instructive text design
variables?"
10.00 - 10.30 G. Gilson: "The technology of text: From academia to
business"
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.00 Session 9 and Session 10
Session 9: Captatio benevolentiae (working title)
11.00 - 11.30 B.A. Andeweg, J.C. de Jong, & H. Hoeken: "Attention and
Comprehension: Effects of opening techniques in
informative presentations"
11.30 - 12.00 W.Spooren & J. Renkema: "The inventio phase of
document design: on deciding what to communicate"
Session 10: Reader evaluation and document design
11.00 - 11.30 M. Couzijn & G. Rijlaarsdam: "Document design as an
educational tool in writing instruction"
11.30 - 12.00 M. de Jong & L. Lentz: "Focus: Design and evaluation
of software for collecting reader feedback and
improving the audience-awareness of writers"
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Session 11 and Session 12
Session 11: Moving the reader
13.30 - 14.00 H. Hoeken: "The desert heuristic in fund raising
letters: They only get what they deserve!"
14.00 - 14.30 T. Miyamoto & J.F.Kess: "A discourse analysis of
Japanese newspaper advertisements"
14.30 - 15.00 B. van den Putte: "Effective print advertising: should
the product be shown or its user?"
Session 12: As yet untitled
13.30 - 14.00 H. Houtkoop-Steenstra: "The role of conversation
analysis in document design"
14.00 - 14.30 C. Sauer: "Visual information and the support of
reading tasks"
15.00- 15.30 Break
15.30 -16.30 Keynote speaker 3
J. Meyers-Levy on persuasive documents
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