Logging: The dark art of tracking and interpreting interaction with Hypermedia CALL materials

Abstract

This paper describes the process of automatically tracking user navigation through CALL hypermedia. Beginning with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of this research method compared to verbal protocols, personal observation and video recording, it then goes on to describe how logging is achieved, some of the practical problems associated with it, and the use of graphics to analyse and interpret the data obtained.

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