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How does reading online change the reading experience?

How does reading online change the reading experience?. Dr. Charles Browne, Meiji Gakuin University Dr. Rob Waring , Notre Dame Seishin University Free online Extensive Reading resources and writing tools here: www.er-central.com www.er-central.com/OGTE.

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How does reading online change the reading experience?

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  1. How does reading online change the reading experience? Dr. Charles Browne, Meiji Gakuin University Dr. Rob Waring, Notre Dame Seishin University Free online Extensive Reading resources and writing tools here: www.er-central.com www.er-central.com/OGTE

  2. Subtitle for our talk : “Carry it with you!”

  3. The world is changing: Amazon.com report selling more e-books than paper books in 2011 20-28% of publishing revenue comes from digital media (in 2011) Penguin report e-book sales more than doubled in 2011 alone 333% increase in e-book exports from the U.S. since 2012 97% of the 123m Americans who read newspapers online read on PCs, 3% on devices 25% of new Spanish ISBNs are for e-books e-books help boys to read more than girls 33% of Americans own e-readers The total value of reading materials (e-books and paper) bought in 2011 is down, but sales of e-pubs is increasing Most growth in e-pub sales is from down-market material Source www.the-digital-reader.com

  4. Gives access to more reading materials: Free magazines Free newspapers Free books (e.g. Guttenberg Project) Ability to store hundreds of books in a small device Tendency towards shorter text length Ability to ready any time, any place

  5. Project Guttenberg …www.gutenberg.org

  6. Tendency Towards Shorter Length…

  7. Interactive Reading Features: Online dictionary with direct access Access to bookstores online Change font and size Ability to sync between devices / backup Online notes / highlighting / sharing Text-to-Speech Can have accompanying links, videos, and interactive learning activities

  8. Highlighting/compare others… Change Typeface/size… Sync with all other devices!!!! Instant purchase online… Instantly look up any word…

  9. What are the most popular reading devices?

  10. What are the most popular reading devices?

  11. What are the most popular reading devices?

  12. Strengths for Authors: Can bypass traditional publishers Shorter time to delivery to market Access to many markets & formats In some formats, can edit even after publishing (Wiki-style) More editorial freedom, fewer “rules” Online tools which assist the “grading” of material

  13. The OGTEwww.er-central.com/ogte/ Free online tool for grading texts Analyzes presence or absence of high frequency vocabulary Gives detailed statistical analysis

  14. USING THE OGTE(1) Choose an Article….

  15. (2) Paste into OGTE and choose a target difficulty level…. “out of list” words are often proper nouns which the system is designed to handle/ignore…

  16. Leveling system is designed by Rob’s work for the Extensive Reading Foundation… Level 9

  17. (3) Simply rewrite hard words and phrases to desired level…. Words in orange are ones re-written by editor (ie easier words than the red “out of level” ones)…

  18. Possible side-effects of digital publishing • Outsourcing of memory • 20% slower reading speed • Rewiring of the brain in new ways (heightened multi-tasking skills vs shorter attention spans) • Shorter texts can lead to less commitment to a piece of writing and lower chance of ‘deep reading’ • Huge increase in eye-sight issues in Asia in the last decade • A change from a linear to non-linear text processing leading to unpredictable indirections of a reader’s thoughts and inferences

  19. Possible side-effects II Great associative thinking and mental effort required to read hypertext due to the increase in distractions and possible mental overload Lower extra-textual associative connections in an unchanging reading environment

  20. Is the brain being rewired? Of course. But so does any input Unclear if it’s long lasting – reading has no genetic base so can’t be passed on to descendants

  21. Future Needs: Online reading, especially via smartphones or devices is a perfect solution for encouraging students to increase the amount of English input Need to find, organize, offer and track as many online reading materials, especially graded materials, as possible Need to take advantage of interactive reading features of online platform

  22. Future Needs II: Need to understand we are moving from a reading brain to a digital one Need to develop bi-textual literacy in our learners Need to nurture multi-tasking reading skills Need to see textual input as not limited just to the written word Need to learn to process a vastly increased volume of input and input sources Critical need to ensure learners don’t shift away from in-depth reading and lose a whole level of textual comprehension

  23. How should online reading respond? Huge variety of texts but not only focus on bite-sized texts Require learners to read deeply not just blast through texts Ensure there are vehicles to express and exchange ideas with others through social networking

  24. Thanks Rob and Charlie

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