{"id":8217,"date":"2020-02-25T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=8217"},"modified":"2020-02-14T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T14:49:16","slug":"new-academic-reading-skills-resources-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2020\/02\/25\/new-academic-reading-skills-resources-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New academic reading skills resources for students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When students arrive at university, and throughout their studies, one activity they may find challenging is reading academic texts. This may be due to a number of reasons: students may not have any prior experience of reading this type of material, they may be unfamiliar with the style and language used, or they may be struggling with the volume of readings that they must complete. To help students in their reading, the Business School sought to create an Active Reading resource that can support staff to embed the teaching of academic reading skills into their modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Technology Enhanced Learning has worked in collaboration with the University\u2019s Academic Skills team to develop a reusable Canvas resource which staff can quickly import into their modules and use within their teaching. The resource draws on the model for active reading (watch the video below to learn more about this model) is designed to be flexible so that staff can adapt the resource to fit their teaching. It can be used before, during and\/or after a teaching session or as an independent study resource. The Active Reading resource features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n