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Abstract

Current phenomenon faced by low vision (LV) learners is that their learning activities are problematic. With the restrictions in their vision, conventional teaching and learning techniques requires them to struggle more compared to their sighted peers. Even though Assistive Technology (AT) provides LV learners with various helpful features but most of them are in the form of hardware or software, which minimally assist the LV learners in accessing the knowledge. Meanwhile, the content applications that are specifically designed for the LV learners are highly scares. This could be seen when most of the existing content applications (i.e. courseware) that available in the market are designed for sighted students. The main objective of this study is to develop an electronic learning material that focuses on content design application in an attempt to cater the needs of LV learners in their learning activities called Assistive Courseware for Low Vision Learners (AC4LV). The results highlight design principles which are categorized into eight elements of AC4LV. They are justified and labeled in the form of snapshots, presented sequentially in this paper. The AC4LV has been designed according to the needs of LV learners. It has to be emphasized that the main objective of this article is to highlight the development of AC4LV and it is also important to stress that the content design of AC4LV has to refer to the determined design principles. This could be as guidance for the developer or anyone who intent to develop AC4LV. The recommended future works is to investigate the user experience of using AC4LV among the LV learners. The target participant would be the LV learners from primary school level aged nine to twelve.