Muller notes that situational barriers could be unique to each person, and were often 'not something that the may have been able to address or even prevent' (2017, p. Students identified the barrier lack of experience' (Muller, 2017, p. Research with first year trainee teachers found the 'relationship between the barrier of typing and beginners was higher than expected. Muller, citing Darkenwald and Merriam (1982), suggests that situational barriers are those 'which relate to an individual’s life context at a particular time, for example, cost, lack of transport, lack of childcare, lack of time as well as geographical isolation' (2017, p. Not being able to keyboard forms a situational barrier for job seekers which not only makes people less employable, it also prevents them from progressing as quickly as they should in developing their levels of digital competence. Keyboarding is a key component of the cross-functional communication, integration, and presentation (CIP) skills required in today's workforce (Anderson & Gantz, 2016). Surveying 500 employers on the keyboarding skills which employers required their staff to have, Microsoft found that: a third of employers won't hire staff who can't touch type over 40% say typing is a key work skill almost 40% link typing speed to productivity and 20% report that business performance relies on fast touch typing (Bush, 2 September 2014). In today's world of work, keyboarding is a vital skill. It converts into 'automism', like riding a bike. Unrehearsed explicit knowledge is vulnerable to fading (Snyder et al, 2014), while implicit knowledge stays with us.

This idea of explicit knowledge is one of the reasons why material learned in short intensive sessions often does not stay with us: it is not rehearsed until it becomes an implicit, automatic skill. Someone who is digitally competent will have developed unconscious, implicit keyboard skills, whereas a beginner has to push 'effortful' 'explicit knowledge about the task into working memory and manipulat it to support performance' (Snyder, Ashitaka, Shimada, Ulrich, & Logan, 2014, p. I'm guessing Reds and Browns or their equivalents are the fastest, but I don't know.With my interest in digital competence, I have been looking for a measure of what typing/keyboarding speed is 'normal' for someone who is digitally competent, as opposed to someone who is considered a 'beginner'. My guess is that nobody is hitting 140 WPM on MX Greens, but maybe, IDK. When you get down to the pure physics of it, with a heavier switch there is simply more work being done to type the same amount of text. No need to post an image of the verified number as this will start to get messy. Please state the type of switch that you use and the WPM. I thought 65 wpm was a good starting point to be considered for 'fast.' It's certainly above average, except for maybe here. Sorry rubber dome and scissor-switch lovers. Please reply if you touch-type 65 wpm or faster and use a mechanical switch including Topre. I wanted to do this in the format of a poll, but I don't think I have the privileges to do so. Quote from: jcoffin1981 on Wed, 20 June 2018, 01:20:31 I want to know if there is a correlation between switch weight and feedback or lack of feedback to typing speed. Quote from: czarek on Thu, 19 July 2018, 08:33:39 For me it's almost consistent after I use a keyboard for a while, although I tend to be a tad faster on MX, then Topre and then BS. Currently using Ducky One 2 Skyline with MX Blues and really enjoying it I spent a year typing exclusively on variable silenced Realforce, 2 years on Filco with MX Browns, a year of only using Model Ms (full size, spacesavers, Unicomps), at least a year of using Filco with MX Blues and many years switching between switches every couple weeks or months. Oh and I do prefer membrane to capacitive BS, mostly because of the layouts and heavyweight space bars, but I also like the sound of Model M more than Model F.Īlso I have used all those switches for very long times. BS feel super fun, but give my fingers work out so I don't use them much nowadays. Topre feels kinda slower, but more fluid and smooth, sort of relaxing. Somehow MX feel super snappy when I type on them. MX Red (or Vintage Blacks with lighter springs as I use those more than stock Reds): 90-100 For me it's almost consistent after I use a keyboard for a while, although I tend to be a tad faster on MX, then Topre and then BS.

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