E-READ COST – Page 7

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 forms and sizes (smartphones, computers,…

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 text (Wolf, 2007; Wolf et…

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 reading warrants closer scrutiny of…

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, particularly the hands, and hence…

Theresa Schilhab in Slovene media

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Matt Hayler on reading Zoran Velagić on reading Karin Kukkonen on reading Massimo Salgaro on reading Anezka Kuzmicova on reading Philip Davis on reading Anne Mangen on reading Adriaan van der Weel on reading Angus Phillips on reading Miha Kovač…

E-READ featured in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Read article

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…

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 featured on forskning.no portal! Read article

E-READ featured on Alpha Galileo Read article

We are proud to welcome you to Stavanger, Norway, for the 16th biennial IGEL Conference, taking place on July 25–28, 2018. Save the dates! Cfp will be announced during September. For more information, see link and the conference web site:…

E-READ featured in extensive coverage of E-READ in Deutschlandfunk Kultur on deutschlandfunkkultur.de portal! Read article

Dear all, This letter represents the official launch of the second call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS) proposals with a deadline of 10th August 2017. Herewith, please find attached three files with the relevant documents for the Call for…

Prof. Dr. Massimo Salgaro interview to swedish paper Liberal Debatt

ELIT network PhD positions

Dr. Ann Marcus Quinn talk about the importance of good design of digital resources

Summer School on the Psychology of Stories

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

What is E-READ?

Working Groups

Working Group 1

Working Group 2

Working Group 3

Working Group 4

Theresa Schilhab in Slovene media

Video interview from Vilnius conference

E-READ in FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG

Third call for Short Term Scientific Mission (STMS)

9. EUROPÄISCHEN LITERATURTAGE 16.-19.NOVEMBER 2017 SPITZ/KREMS A.D. DONAU

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

Second call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STMS) 2017