Strategies on Online Reading
After the four weeks of learning in the online course, I have met several difficulties especially on online reading. As I used to read paper materials and books in high school, this is actually the first time for me to read textbook online. At the beginning of the reading, I was not very comfortable with reading the digital copy on screen. In addition, it is really hard for me to concentrate on serried sentences appear on the iPad screen with some distractions. Finally, all of these problems cause me do not even know what those sentences talk about after I read them.
Due to the reason that I used to read paper materials, I was already familiar with the texture of those books. However, the electric screen does not have that texture which makes the reading process more difficult. As I do those readings on my iPad, notifications form Wechat or other applications always pop up while I read the task which cause me could not focus on the text. Additionally, scrolling down each page on the screen often makes me lost my mind on the content that I just read. The combination of all these little problems make me have a hard time while reading digital copy.
Task from this week teaches us how to read efficiently online and gives us strategies both on reading and note-taking. In order to eliminate the distractions, I need to turn off the notifications of those softwares while I start to read. A preview of the content could give me a clear structure of what those tasks talk about which also increase the possibility of retention. Then making some questions related to the content after the preview and finding answers during reading can maintain my focus on the materials. Finally, reviewing notes after reading would give me a better understanding and retention of the content.