Information for publishers1 December 2014

Jennie Short, RNIBReading Services Product Manager, Load2Learn

What is Load2Learn?A free online resource of UK curriculum materials in accessible formats for all educational levels.•More than 4,100 books (including textbooks and reading schemes) downloadable as Word, PDF, EPUB, audio and braille. •Over 3,000 accessible images to support the curriculum and general interest.•Past exam papers and worksheets.•Sheet music.•Extensive ‘how to’ training guides and videos.

Print disabilitiesLoad2Learn enables learners who cannot read standard print to read the same books, at the same time as their peers, giving them the same educational opportunities.

•Blind•Partially sighted•Physically impaired•Dyslexia and other cognitive disabilities

Further information on our Print-disability definitions page:

load2learn.org.uk/help/print_disability_definitions.php

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Benefits for learners• Access curriculum more easily.• Choice of format.• More engaged in class.• Able to join in with peers.• Work independently – class, homework, revision.• Improving self-confidence.

"I have a dyslexic GCSE learner who feels his grades have gone up by one across every subject thanks to Load2Learn. He said 'I can read the whole page now, before I only read the first paragraph.'" Jeni Parker, Dyslexia Action

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Benefits for staff

• Save time.• Get resources to learners more quickly.• Modify resources more efficiently.• Share scarce resources with other educators.• Learn new skills and improve provision generally.• Load2Learn supports reporting requirements.

"By reducing the amount of preparation required our Support Workers' time is freed up to support learners in the classroom setting, as opposed to spending long periods at the computer." Phil Carrington, Resource Technician, Staffordshire Vision Impairment Service

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Benefits for publishers

• Save time and costs.• Get resources to learners more quickly.• Meet Corporate Social Responsibility objectives.• Additional marketing opportunity to educators.• Load2Learn can provide regular download reports

"I like the way you are involving publishers, I hope all publishers buy into this way of providing their resources." Phil Nabozny, Braille and Visual Resources Technician, Kirklees.

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Members4,146 members (2,156 different organisations)•900 avg. members downloaded resources each month

Reach 7.5 per cent of UK schools and colleges:•46 Universities•107 Sixth Form/FE Colleges•824 Secondary Schools•745 Primary Schools•90 Special Schools•73 all age schools

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Website traffic37,929 unique visitors since January 2014:•5,842 unique visitors in November 2014•89 countries visited in November 2014 •Membership opened to overseas in November 2014.

29,698 resources downloaded since January 2014:•81 per cent books•17 per cent images•2 per cent past exam papers, worksheets and music

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Publishers

41 publishers engaged (plus 53 imprints), including:•Pearson UK•SAGE Publications•Oxford University Press•Hodder Education•HarperCollins•Taylor and Francis

Further information on our Publisher Supporters page:

load2learn.org.uk/about/Publishers/publishers.php

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Book requestsMembers can request books not currently available:•2014/15 - 1,790 requests to end of November 2014•2013/14 - 1,637 requests.•80% of requests fulfilled.•20% unfulfilled (book too old / publisher not yet engaged).

Further information on our book request page:

load2learn.org.uk/about/request/request_books.php

"Sourcing accessible books takes much less time using Load2Learn, than when I had to approach publishers myself. The book also now usually reaches the learner when it's needed." Angela Bale, Sensory Service, Telford.

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Books by education level

• FE/HE (including A Level): 9 per cent• Key Stage 4: 20 per cent• Key Stage 3: 17 per cent• Key Stage 2: 24 per cent• Key Stage 1: 25 per cent• Early Years: 1 per cent• General: 4 per cent

Focus on Further and Higher Education in 2014.

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FE / HE in 2014• Over 2,000 titles provided by SAGE Publications and

started to appear on the site from September 2014.• Strong relationship with Jisc TechDis.

• Upload your books and help to build a great central pool of accessible resources. This will save everybody time and ensure print-impaired learners' get faster access to the resources they need.

Further information on our contribute page:

load2learn.org.uk/about/contribute.php

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UK development in 2014

• Increase publisher engagement.• Increase Sheet Music and Past Exam Paper offering.• 100 children's books in Unified English Braille (UEB).• Increase textbooks available in UEB and Word• Develop our Welsh language content.• Marketing campaigns to schools, colleges and

universities - increase members by a minimum of 15 percent year on year.

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Overseas in 2014

We opened Membership for overseas schools in November 2014.•Europe will be able to access all of the images and 90 per cent of the books•Rest of the world will be able to access all of the images and books where the publisher has granted Worldwide permission•RNIB holds the Copyright for the accessible images

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Overseas in 2014 cont.

• Explore relationships with overseas publishers • Build on our relationship with BookShare.org

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Member comments• "Load2Learn has transformed a dyslexic girls life. She told me 'I'll

never grow up, I'll always have to have someone reading to me'. Now thanks to Load2Learn she is like all the other girls and her sensory advisor has never seen her so happy." Wendy, SENCO, Secondary School.

• "Load2Learn has become an invaluable resource for our visually impaired learners, our service and the schools we support. It is difficult to imagine life without it now!" Liz Cullen, Specialist Advisory Teacher, Hertfordshire

• "Daily I sing your praises more! Thank you for this superb website. There is real expertise and understanding of the issues for print disabled youngsters." Sarah Cross, QTVI, Leeds 

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For more information

Website. load2learn.org.uk

Email. info@load2learn.org.uk

Tel. 0300 303 8313

FAQ pages: load2learn.org.uk/help/FAQ_homepage.php

Your Load2Learn: load2learn.org.uk/YourLoad2Learn/publishers.php