Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading Dr. Cohn’s book, Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading was recently released, addressing digital reading and the spectrum of affordances available within digital learning environments. In her discussion of how to read deeply in digital spaces, she calls for readers to embrace a range of reading practices available to…
Digital Reading Expert, Dr. Jenae Cohn Distance Teaching and Learning Conference Dr. Jenae Cohn will present at the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference this summer, discussing digital reading and the strategies that can improve the experience. The international Distance Teaching & Learning (DT&L) conference from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is fully online August 2-5,…
World Changing Ideas – From an Automated Beehive to Readability For All Every year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honor the businesses and organizations driving change in the world. Showcasing some of the world’s most inventive entrepreneurs and companies tackling exigent global challenges, the awards were announced today, recognizing the businesses, policies, projects,…
Fast Company Recognizes Readability Matters 2021 WORLD CHANGING IDEAS AWARDS Los Angeles, May 4, 2021 — The Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. Once again,…
Readability for All: Fostering Adult Literacy Through Personalization Highlighting the improved reading impacts delivered by readability changes, readability research results, and new tools, a team from Adobe and World Education presented at the Florida Literacy Conference. Rick Treitman, Entrepreneur in Residence, Adobe, kicked off the session with a review of the state of reading…
A Publication of the Readability Ecosystem Working to Deliver the Next Generation of Personalized Reading Interfaces Medium is an open online platform where readers find dynamic thinking and where expert and undiscovered voices can share their writing on any topic. The new Readability Tech Channel on Medium is a forum for sharing the latest work…
Readability Matters Releases New Video #BeTheBestReaderYouCanBe Readability Matters’ founders Marjorie Jordan and Kathy Crowley come together to share their passion for shifting reading outcomes for adults and children. Partners Rick Treitman of Adobe, Dr. Susanne Nobles of ReadWorks, and Dr. Jenae Cohn of Cal State – Sacramento are featured. Join the ecosystem of partners…
The World Needs The Next Gutenberg Press Personalized Reading Formats Will Improve Reading Outcomes for Everyone, Everywhere Readability Matters celebrates Dr. Clayton Christensen’s influential business ideas and his thought leadership in improving the world through disruptive innovation. Readability Matters posits that personalized reading formats are the next disruptive innovation in reading technology. The next generation…
CSR Initiative Aims for Better Reading for All Adobe is working with educators, nonprofits, and technologists to help people of all ages and abilities read better by personalizing the reading experience on digital devices. With a story about his grandchildren, prescription eyeglasses, and readability, Adobe Entrepreneur in Residence, Rick Treitman launched the Adobe Readability…
The Launch of a Readability Research Community Bringing Together Experts From Vision Science, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Education, Typography, and more Dr. Zoya Bylinskii, Research Scientist at Adobe, began exploring readability in 2019 with her Adobe collaborator Rick Treitman, together with an intern – PhD candidate Shaun Wallace of Brown University. Coming to the…