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>
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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;

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