Bringing Readability Research into Classrooms Studying reading in classrooms rather than in a lab is challenging. Conditions are messy: classrooms can be loud, and students can get interrupted or distracted. And yet, in-classroom research is a practical way to generate the insights that education technology companies need to design more accessible, personalized reading experiences.…
Students need the Features to Personalize their Text Formats Education is changing dramatically, requiring significantly more digital reading and learning. The shift to online learning, the increased availability of high-speed internet, and the rising demand for personalized learning are all contributing to record growth. In fact, the global EdTech market is expected to grow…
Lightning Learning with Susanne Nobles, Chief Academic Officer, ReadWorks Is it important that a student can increase her reading speed and comprehension by 33% when simple changes are made to her reading text format? Dr. Susanne Nobles says yes. Susanne joined cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Shannon Sheppard (Chapman University) and Dr. Sofie Beier (Royal…
Passion for Readability Work Leads ML Engineer to Adobe Research Readability Matters sat down with Tianyuan (Tian) Cai to discuss how his multidisciplinary experience led him to his position as a research engineer with Adobe Research. Tian is a problem-solver who uses his technical expertise and innovative thinking to create solutions for society’s complex…
Meet Readability Researchers and Learn the Latest at these Spring Conferences CHI 2023 April 23-28 | Hamburg, Germany | Hybrid https://chi2023.acm.org/ Readability Presentations and Papers: Digital Reading Rulers: Evaluating Inclusively Designed Rulers for Readers With Dyslexia and Without Aleena Gertrudes Niklaus, Tianyuan Chi, Shaun Wallace, Zoya Bylinskii More info THERIF: Themes for Readability…
Prosody in Music and in the Readability Research Lab Prosody is an important concept in oral reading and also in music. Meet Jocelyn Dueck, who works in the intersection of the two. Dr. Dueck, a pianist and an Assistant Professor of Collaborative Arts at Carnegie Mellon University, is an expert in prosody, “the music…
March is National Reading Month In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March is designated as National Reading Month – a month to motivate Americans of all ages to read every day. Reading has many benefits, regardless of age. It is a critical component of education and also of professional development. Reading has immediate and…
Adobe is Creating Better Readability Readability Matters is grateful for our long-standing partnership with Adobe. Since our first meeting in 2017, Adobe’s Entrepreneur in Residence, Rick Treitman, has worked diligently to make better reading a reality for readers of PDF documents. Rick quickly saw the potential of improving reading proficiency through personalized reading formats…
Thank you! This month as we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, we at Readability Matters want to express our gratitude for the many individuals that have joined the community working to bring better reading to the world. To our Readability colleagues spread around the world: Thank you! There is tremendous power in community.…
Continuing to Build on the Promise of Better Readability Readability Matters is grateful for the partnership of Sobrato Philanthropies. As long-time supporters of education, Sobrato continues to make investments in initiatives that improve learning outcomes for children. Recent readability research has shown that by using text formats better suited for the individual, most students…