Improved Reading – Speed Reading Science ONLINE

Aims

– faster reading speed
– better text comprehension
– variation of different reading techniques, strategies and intensities
– higher concentration & motivation
– special techniques for reading scientific texts

Content

This “hybrid” training is based upon our regular two day classroom training, and consists of ca. 10h of individual online training (accompanied by a personal coach) and three group webinars (5h in sum).

The online training is focused on improving your eye movements – reading a text faster, yet still comprehensively and with a good (often better) understanding. In the webinars we give special advice for the efficient reading of scientific texts, including memory retention, marking and note-taking. In the webinars you can also provide your own text examples for individual reading advice.

Additionally you can make use of (voluntary) training options beyond the course.

Methods

– Training of eye movements
– Cognitive reading training
– Discussion of text examples

Target Group

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Requirements

Computer with internet, download of webinar software (zoom)

About the Trainer

Friedrich Hasse, M.A. – Since 2003 Improved Reading trainer for fast and efficient reading (www.speedreading.berlin) in German, English and Spanish at numerous research institutions and graduate academies (e.g. various Fraunhofer and Max Planck Institutes, Dahlem Research School, Humboldt Graduate School), public authorities (e.g. Federal Chancellery, Federal Employment Agency, various federal and state ministries) and companies (e.g. Sächsische Aufbaubank Dresden, Berliner Sparkasse/LBB, Deutsche Telekom AG, KPMG). Since 2014 visual trainer for stress-free vision at the screen (www.visiowert.de) for health days, group courses and lectures especially in the field of corporate health management.

Wolfgang Schmitz – Founder of Improved Reading Germany and holder of the worldwide rights to the course. Author of “Schneller lesen – besser verstehen” (Rowohlt Verlag) and responsible for trainer training within the international Improved Reading organisation.

Workload

Total of 15h (course attendance 5h, individual online course: 10 units, 60 min. each)

Please note that in order to successfully complete the course, all units of the online course must be passed until 18.04.2025. Incomplete participation in the online course will be considered as an absence.

Feature

Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.