In this bonus episode, Professor Tommy Koh speaks about why reading literature is vital for understanding technology, mastering a language and comprehending the world. A top-notch negotiator and seasoned diplomat, Professor Koh believes that the study of literature is one of the best investments he has made.

Episode Guest
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore and Chairman of the National Heritage Board

Recommended Reads
Humanities at the heart of a holistic education in a tech-driven world by Professor Tommy Koh.
Literature in the 21st Century
Professor Tommy Koh’s Recommended Reads for Understanding America

In this bonus episode, Professor Tommy Koh speaks about why reading literature is vital for understanding technology, mastering a language and comprehending the world. A top-notch negotiator and seasoned diplomat, Professor Koh believes that the study of literature is one of the best investments he has made.
Episode Guest
<ul>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore and Chairman of the National Heritage Board</li>
</ul>
Recommended Reads
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/tommy-koh-humanities-education-fourth-industrial-revolution-10522334">Humanities at the heart of a holistic education in a tech-driven world</a> by Professor Tommy Koh.</li>
<li><a href="https://singteach.nie.edu.sg/issue47-people01/">Literature in the 21st Century</a></li>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9odhjz6vxzgqc8/Professor%20Tommy%20Koh%27s%20Recommended%20Reads.pdf?dl=0">Recommended Reads for Understanding America</a></li>
</ul>

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education (NIE) discusses all things related to reading. Series 1, supported by the NIE Incentivising ICT-Use Innovations Grant (I3G), explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from childhood to adolescence and adulthood. Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why and how reading and infrastructures for reading matter in this age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

For show transcripts, please visit https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2.

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education (NIE)&nbsp;discusses&nbsp;all things related to reading. Series 1, supported by the NIE&nbsp;Incentivising&nbsp;ICT-Use Innovations Grant (I3G),&nbsp;explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from childhood to adolescence and adulthood. Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why and how reading and infrastructures for reading matter in this age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
For show transcripts, please visit https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2.

How We Read Podcast

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education discusses all things reading. Series 1 explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from children to adolescence and adults Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why it matters and how it matters. 

For show transcripts, please visit https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2 

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education discusses all things reading. Series 1 explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from children to adolescence and adults Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why it matters and how it matters.&nbsp;
For show transcripts, please visit <a href="https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2">https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2</a>&nbsp;

How We Read

S1E7 Bonus - Professor Tommy Koh on the Importance of Reading Literature

Rent and raising costs are a perennial issue for bookstores who have to compete with e-books and online vendors. How will physical bookstores survive? What forms of technology and tricks of the trade can they turn to improve profits and for sustainability? And do we still need physical bookstores?   

Episode Guests:
Ibrahim Tahir, Founder of Wardah Books  
Alex Chua, co-founder of Book Bar 
Sung Yuen Ling, Manager of Maha Yuyi  

Recommended Reads:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
“Book City” in Two Streets: The Chinese Bookstore Scene in Postwar Singapore
Passage of Time: Singapore Bookstore Stories 1881-2016

Rent and raising costs are a perennial issue for bookstores who have to compete with e-books and online vendors. How will physical bookstores survive? What forms of technology and tricks of the trade can they turn to improve profits and for sustainability? And do we still need physical bookstores?  &nbsp;
Episode Guests:
<ul>
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</ul>
Recommended Reads:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201751300-the-bookshop">The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-18/issue-4/jan-mar-2023/postwar-chinese-bookstores/">&ldquo;Book City&rdquo; in Two Streets: The Chinese Bookstore Scene in Postwar Singapore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/about/Passage_of_Time.html?id=_4yDnQAACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y">Passage of Time: Singapore Bookstore Stories 1881-2016</a></li>
</ul>

S2E1 - Do We Still Need Physical Bookstores?

This episode re-imagines the future of reading. We examine whether reading in print or digitally has an impact on the way we read, and on the evolution of our species as a learning species. We ask, what does the skills future of reading look like? And how do we ensure we embrace all the different complexities and elements of reading as parents, educators, learners, and citizens?

Episode Guests
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the National Heritage Board
Dr Angelia Poon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education
Dr Victor Lim Fei, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education
Ng Kah Gay, Publisher, Ethos Books

Recommended Reads

Links
7 ways the printing press changed the world
What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation
Reading literary fiction improves theory of the mind
EU Common Framework for Intercultural Digital Literacies
Mark Pegrum Overview of Digital Literacies

 

This episode re-imagines the future of reading. We examine whether reading in print or digitally has an impact on the way we read, and on the evolution of our species as a learning species. We ask, what does the skills future of reading look like? And how do we ensure we embrace all the different complexities and elements of reading as parents, educators, learners, and citizens?
Episode Guests
<ul>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the National Heritage Board</li>
<li>Dr Angelia Poon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Dr Victor Lim Fei, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Ng Kah Gay, Publisher, Ethos Books</li>
</ul>
Recommended Reads
Links
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance">7 ways the printing press changed the world</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-my-students-taught-me-about-reading-old-books-hold-new-insights-for-the-digital-generation-127799">What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/377">Reading literary fiction improves theory of the mind</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eumade4ll.eu/common-framework-of-reference-for-intercultural-digital-literacy/">EU Common Framework for Intercultural Digital Literacies</a></li>
<li>Mark Pegrum <a href="https://markpegrum.com/overview-of-digital-learning/e-learning-with-web-3-0/">Overview of Digital Literacies</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;

S1E7 - Reading into the Future

In this world of ceaseless information, how do we make sense of what we read and decide what counts, what works and what is real? In this episode, we break into the world of journalism to find out how these investigators sieve truth from falsehood and decide what counts as news. We explore how online reading has changed our reading consumption and learn how to be critical readers.

Episode Guests
Dr Csilla Weninger, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education
Mr Tan Tarn How, Former Journalist, Playwright and IPS Fellow
Mr Jaime Ho, Chief Editor, CNA Digital
Dr Jiow Hee Jhee, Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology and Member of the Media Literacy Council (IMDA) 

Recommended Reads
S.U.R.E., the National Library’s Learning and Information Literacy Resources
Quick Tips on Fact-Checking by Media Literacy Council
Factitious, an online game that tests your ability to detect fake news
Singapore MOE National Digital Literacy Programme
Tandoc, E.C, Jr., Lim, Z.W., & Ling, R. (2018). Defining “fake news.”Digital Journalism, 6(2), 137-153. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1360143

In this world of ceaseless information, how do we make sense of what we read and decide what counts, what works and what is real? In this episode, we break into the world of journalism to find out how these investigators sieve truth from falsehood and decide what counts as news. We explore how online reading has changed our reading consumption and learn how to be critical readers.
Episode Guests
<ul>
<li>Dr Csilla Weninger, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Mr Tan Tarn How, Former Journalist, Playwright and IPS Fellow</li>
<li>Mr Jaime Ho, Chief Editor, CNA Digital</li>
<li>Dr Jiow Hee Jhee, Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology and Member of the Media Literacy Council (IMDA)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Recommended Reads
<ul>
<li><a href="https://sure.nlb.gov.sg/">S.U.R.E.</a>, the National Library&rsquo;s Learning and Information Literacy Resources</li>
<li><a href="https://www.betterinternet.sg/Resources/Resources-Listing/Fact-checking-tips">Quick Tips on Fact-Checking</a> by Media Literacy Council</li>
<li><a href="http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/">Factitious</a>, an online game that tests your ability to detect fake news</li>
<li>Singapore MOE <a href="https://www.moe.gov.sg/microsites/cos2020/refreshing-our-curriculum/strengthen-digital-literacy.html">National Digital Literacy Programme</a></li>
<li>Tandoc, E.C, Jr., Lim, Z.W., &amp; Ling, R. (2018). <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21670811.2017.1360143">Defining &ldquo;fake news.&rdquo;</a> Digital Journalism, 6(2), 137-153. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1360143</li>
</ul>
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