What is E-READ?
Evolution of reading in the age of digitisation (E-READ) is Action with goal to improve scientific understanding of the implications of digitization, hence helping individuals, disciplines, societies and sectors across Europe to cope optimally with the effects.
E-READ comprises a number of projects and initiatives at different levels and scientific scope. There are several strategic, within-Working Group projects.
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Working Groups
Working Group 1
Continuing/skilled (PISA-age) reading International assessments (e.g., PISA 2009, 2012; PIRLS 2011) have underlined that the increasing literacy demands of everyday life demand improvement of the reading skills of all students, not just those in difficulty. Individuals of all ages are increasingly exposed to information in a wide range of digital...
Working Group 2
Developmental aspects of reading Today’s children are steeped in digitally dominated media; this digital exposure is likely to affect deep reading. Deep reading is a complex process that builds on the efficiency of lower level linguistic skills, such as orthographic, phonological, semantic, morphological and syntactic knowledge, to decode and comprehend...
Working Group 3
Experiential and emotional aspects of reading Empirical research shows that literary deep reading, by virtue of its appeal to first-person experience, yields potentially unique cognitive and emotional benefits (enhancing the capacity for empathy, social inference, emotional self-regulation, verbal abilities and intelligence). The increasing use of e-readers and tablets for literary...
Working Group 4
The ergonomics of reading (physiology; haptic & tactile feedback) Reading has usually been considered as a purely cognitive process, only based on visual perception, and not really involving body actions except eye movements and, to a lesser extent, head movements. Yet, reading is a multimodal activity involving other body parts,...
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E-READ in FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
Third call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS)
Dear all, This letter represents the official launch of the third call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS) proposals with a deadline of 11th November 2017. Herewith, please find attached three files with the relevant documents for the Call for…
9. EUROPÄISCHEN LITERATURTAGE 16.-19.NOVEMBER 2017 SPITZ/KREMS A.D. DONAU
Literaturhaus Europa organizes its 9. EUROPÄISCHEN LITERATURTAGE 16.-19.NOVEMBER 2017 SPITZ/KREMS A.D. DONAU. More information on http://www.literaturhauseuropa.eu/ Program [de]: elit-programm_2017_de_web
E-READ media coverage on forskning.no
E-READ media coverage on Alpha Galileo
IGEL Conference – 25-28 July 2018
E-READ media coverage on deutschlandfunkkultur.de
E-READ featured in extensive coverage of E-READ in Deutschlandfunk Kultur on deutschlandfunkkultur.de portal! Read article