Analysis and Interpretation of e-Reader User Logs: A Case Study of High School Students´ User Behaviors

This study explores the daily life user experiences of an experimental e-book reading device among high-school students, aiming to understand how well the digital natives accept the use of e-book reading devices and the potential utilities of such devices for them, either for leisure purposes or as an assistive educational tool. Toward this goal, we have custom-designed the e-reader user interface as well as the e-book content to suit the needs of this particular user group. The unique opportunity of having access to the hardware device, software design and potential users creates an ideal experimental platform for us to unbiasedly investigate the role of this new technology through a long-term user behavior collection and analysis process. We anticipate that the new reading behaviors of the digital natives will provide clues for further improvements in the design and development of digital reader devices.