Abstract

This article informs educators about the importance and challenges of teaching digital reading practices. In positioning reading as a design-oriented activity and readers as text designers, instructors can teach genre awareness as a way to help students strongly engage with and comprehend digital texts.

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Pedagogy
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2017-04-01
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10.1215/15314200-3770133
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