York University has set up Reading on screen, a pleasing web site to help students (mainly but not only) read on screen to better effect.
The site is the work of Matt Cornock from the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, and Blayn Parkinson of York University's Elearning Development Team.
Here is the text from the site's about page:
We’re really pleased to launch this site available in direct response to student feedback at the University of York.
More than ever before, students have such a vast amount of digital literature available to them via the University Library and resources their teaching staff have posted on the Yorkshare VLE to support their studies.
We find that the techniques used for paper-based study are different from those required to engage with digital resources. What we have found from discussions with students is that these techniques are not taught, and are often unknown. Annotation, as one example, is a different process using digital devices than with pen and paper. At first, digital annotation may seem laborious, but, as with all things, practising the skill makes it easier. Similarly, the way documents are presented on screen can be improved with a few simple tricks such as using full-screen view or reading views built into software.
Our aim is to help students discover these tricks, tell us which ones work, and encourage comments and contributions with your suggestions and approaches to reading on screen.
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