Papers by Sarah Ann Robin
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
An increasingly important aspect of undergraduate study is the ability to deal with reading acade... more An increasingly important aspect of undergraduate study is the ability to deal with reading academic texts digitally. Whilst the literature suggests that students prefer reading print texts (Foasberg, 2014; Mizrachi, 2015) and often have a deeper level of engagement with texts in this medium (Mangen et al., 2013; Delgado et al., 2018), the reality is that, for most students, digital texts are the norm. Study guides often focus on reading strategies that are considered broadly applicable to both digital and print formats. However, the differences between the two mediums are likely to impact on the strategies used, with students developing their own approaches as they gain more experience. In this paper, we present findings from a study exploring students’ perspectives and practices in relation to digital reading. We carried out focus group interviews with 20 students in their second or final year of undergraduate degree programmes. Our analysis reveals that reading texts digitally do...
An increasingly important aspect of undergraduate study is the ability to deal with reading acade... more An increasingly important aspect of undergraduate study is the ability to deal with reading academic texts in digital format. Whilst the literature suggests that students prefer reading print texts (Mizrachi 2015, Foasberg 2014), and often have a deeper level of engagement with texts in this format (Mangen et al. 2013; Delgado et al. 2018) the reality is that for most students digital texts will be the norm. Study guides often focus on reading strategies that are considered broadly applicable to both digital and print formats. However, the differences between the two formats are likely to impact on the strategies used, with students developing their own approaches as they gain more experience. In this paper, we present preliminary findings from an ALDinHE funded study exploring students’ perspectives and practices in relation to digital reading. We carried out focus group interviews with 20 students in their second or final year of undergraduate degree programmes. Preliminary analys...
The Digital Humanities, 2020
Cultural and Social History, 2019
This article unpacks designs and representations within love objects, alongside examples from doc... more This article unpacks designs and representations within love objects, alongside examples from documented relationships, to paint a greater understanding of the range of material avenues and channels open to men, as well as the pressures and conflicts they experienced when practising rituals of love in the seventeenth century. This ultimately reveals the connections between object, person and action, and how the three worked together enabled sophisticated, acute and sensitive offerings of love.
Social History of Medicine, Aug 1, 2014
The Luminary would like to thank Sara Gancho, Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA... more The Luminary would like to thank Sara Gancho, Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA), Lancaster University for her cover art design.
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Papers by Sarah Ann Robin