Resources
Required
Webster, K.S. (2014). Text Design for Online Learning.
http://courses.olblogs.tru.ca/eddl5131-jan17/week-2-text/text-design-for-online-learning/
Chen, B. & Hirumi, A. (2009). Effects of advance organizers on learning for differentiated learners in a fully web-based course. International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning, 6(6).
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jun_09/article01.htm
Mayer, R. E. (1996). Learning strategies for making sense out of expository text: The SOI model for guiding three cognitive processes in knowledge construction. Educational Psychology Review, 8(4), 357-371.
http://ezproxy.tru.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.23359444&site=eds-live
Optional
Oloyede, O.I. (2011). A Meta-analysis of Effects of the Advance Organizers on Acknowledgment and Retention of Senior Secondary School (SSS) Chemistry. International Journal of Educational Science, 3(2), 129-135.
http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/IJES/IJES-03-0-000-11-Web/IJES-03-2-000-11-ABST-PDF/IJES-03-2-129-11-052-Oloyede-O-I/IJES-03-2-129-11-052-Oloyede-O-I-Tt.pdf
Schwartz, K. (October, 2016). Strategies to help kids go deep when reading digitally. MindShift: How we will learn.
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/10/16/strategies-to-help-students-go-deep-when-reading-digitally/
Konnikova, M. (July 16, 2014). Being a better online reader. The New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/being-a-better-online-reader
Software and Tools
FontComparer.
http://www.fontcomparer.com/
Designer Plaything.
http://www.designerplaything.co.uk/designer-plaything.html
Font Dragr. A little more advanced…
http://fontdragr.com/