Guide to obtaining textbooks in alternative formats

Digital text benefits a wide range of learners, particularly disabled learners. For those with a visual impairment, it can be magnified or read out loud using synthetic speech. It can be navigated by heading and subheading levels, and text colours and backgrounds can be altered, both useful features for dyslexic learners. Definitions of unfamiliar words can be checked without leaving the text.

In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words, one in a series of Effective Practice guides, explores the under-researched and imperfectly understood world of the learner in a digital age by synthesising outcomes from the first phase of the Learner Experiences of e-Learning theme of the JISC e-Learning Programme. These outcomes include a scoping study and literature review, a methodology report and two studies – LEX: The Learner Experience of e-Learning (Creanor et al., 2006) and LXP: Student Experiences of e-Learning (Conole et al., 2006), plus five video case studies of experiences of e-learning recounted by learners themselves.