Reading for Learning: What Does the Research Tell Us? √ §

Today’s expanded access to digital readings, audio resources, videos, memes, and other media empower us to vary the ways we deliver learning materials to students. What if we knew which medium works best for learning? What if we could choose the medium based on learning research? Or in cases where readings are committed to a specific medium (like the digital book we explore in this session), how can you adapt your reading skills (and guide your students’ capacities) to get the most out of every reading? Baron synthesizes the research on reading to learn, students’ views of reading, and the affordances and disadvantages of reading in print, on screen, or listening to audio. She aims to help educators rethink how to support readers at any level by helping us think about which platforms work best for different kinds of reading and which print learning strategies cross over to digital and audio. Join your colleagues to discuss How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio by Naomi S. Baron, 2021.

The September 1 session will focus on the history of reading (Part 1 of the book) and reading in print versus onscreen (Part 2). The September 21 session will focus on reading with audio (Part 3) and next steps in reading to learn (Part 4).

Participants may access the ebook online at any time through the AOK library in advance of the session using the following step-by-step instructions:

1. Log into myUMBC
2. Go to the AOK Library Website
3. In the AOK OneSearch box, type the book title and press Search
4. Locate the ebook, and click on the link to Online Access under the descriptive information

Please click “Going Virtually” below to reserve your seat for this session, and we will send you a Google calendar invitation with a WebEx link one hour before the session. If you register less than an hour before the session, you will receive the WebEx link when you register. Please email fdc@umbc.edu if you have any questions. If you have registered and find that you can no longer attend, please kindly release your spot so that others may attend. √ Counts toward the ALIT Certificate