Episode 096 • Jenae Cohn

Jenae Cohn is the director of academic technology at California State University at Sacramento and the author of a new book on digital reading from West Virginia University Press. The book is called Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading. It’s a fantastic book that takes a look at reading from historical, emotional, and cognitive science perspectives, and presents a digital reading framework that instructors can use to promote deep reading practices in their students. It’s full of very practical advice on teaching digital reading, with examples of classroom activities and digital assignments designed to foster digital literacies. We talk about the emotional connections people have print books, the ways that reading on a screen is different from reading on a page, ways to help students develop better reading practices, and the joy of writing books in coffee shops. Links • Jenae Cohn’s website, https://www.jenaecohn.net/ • @jenae_cohn on Twitter, https://twitter.com/jenae_cohn • Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading, West Virginia University Press, https://wvupressonline.com/node/865