Having been a teacher of at-risk high school students, I'm going to go out on a limb and declare a recent innovation by two teachers from New Zealand to be the most game-changing application of publishing in 2015, if not in the entire age of digital publishing. What's so astounding about their project, Off the Page? Have you ever looked at an illiterate twenty-year-old with … [Read more...] about Off the Page: Age-Appropriate eBooks for Readers with Obstacles
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CourseSmart and STEPP Conduct a Study on the Accessibility of eTextbooks
GoodeReader reported on digital textbook publisher CourseSmart’s involvement in a multi-year study by STEPP (STudent Erent Pilot Project) on how the rental of digital textbooks are affecting learning outcomes at the higher education level, with a special focus on providing easier and more cost effective accessibility for students with special needs. This week, Cindy Clarke, … [Read more...] about CourseSmart and STEPP Conduct a Study on the Accessibility of eTextbooks