E-READ COST – Page 3

What is E-READ?

Evolution of reading in the age of digitisation (E-READ) is a COST Action with the 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. Read more

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,...

Latest News

Book proposal for Bloomsbury

This is call about the idea of a book for Bloomsbury. They have 2-3 books per year so they open to suggestions. Technologies for reading and writing are advancing rapidly, with new programmes, apps and functionalities pertinent to children’s engagement…

Read interviews with E-READ member Adriaan van der Weel in Nemo Kennislink .

Dear all, This is the official launch of the second call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS) proposals with a deadline of 5 November 2018. Herewith, please find attached three files with the relevant documents for the Call for STSM…

Read interviews with E-READ members in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

Read article and listen interview on the Stavanger declaration in Italian http://www.univrmagazine.it/2018/10/11/leggere-sul-tablet-o-sullo-smartphone-riduce-la-capacita-di-comprendere-un-testo/

Read Essay The Printed World in Peril in Harper’s Magazine by Will Self, concentrated on a couple of academic papers coauthored by a Norwegian education researcher, Professor Anne Mangen of the Norwegian Reading Centre, based at the University of Stavanger.

Here are some pictures from our final conference!

Below is a link to a radio interview with, first, Hildegunn and then Maryanne. It’s a concise and useful summary of her main points, with clear messages to policy makers: “What processes are we gonna use for which reading? Skim your emails; read your book!”

We present a bibliography that is the result of the work of scientists involved in the project. You can find it on thin link: http://ereadcost.eu/bibliography/

Massimo Salgaro presented E-READ COST action activities to WDR, a German public broadcasting. Listen here

Education minister says Bavarian education policy concurs with E-READ findings as laid down in the Stavanger Declaration

Adriaan van der Weel presents the results of the e-read research

Stavanger declaration on German TV

Call for papers of interest to EREAD community

Massimo Salgaro participated in a round table on reading

What is E-READ?

Working Groups

Latest News

Book proposal for Bloomsbury

Adriaan van der Weel interview in Dutch science news channel ‘Nemo Kennislink’ about the pros and cons of using screens in education

STSM call

E-READ members interviews in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

E-READ media coverage Leggere sul tablet o sullo smartphone riduce la capacità di comprendere un testo

E-READ media coverage by Harper’s Magazine

E-READ Stavanger final conferences

E-READ media coverage Interview with Maryanne on the public broadcast in Norway

E-READ Bibliography available to the scientific and wider community

E-READ media coverage Massimo Salgaro gave to WDR, a German public broadcasting