They are linking with netLibrary to provide an interactive, Web-based learning platform from which digital texts can be accessed by students. Once transformed into MetaText editions, select Houghton Mifflin college titles will be available for review and adoption by instructors at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Instructors may adopt MetaText editions directly through their existing Houghton Mifflin sales representatives in the spring of 2001 for use in classes beginning in the fall semester of 2001. Plans are underway to include additional Houghton Mifflin titles via the MetaText platform in following semesters. MetaText editions contain all essential components of a textbook, including words, photographs, charts, and graphics.
MetaText editions organize text into conceptual units rather than arbitrary page breaks.
The MetaText platform features a variety of tools to benefit both instructors and students. With MetaText, instructors can build online course syllabi, manage class rosters, annotate text, and make class announcements that are instantly viewable by students. Students using MetaText can take advantage of a host of features to search, navigate, annotate, highlight, and bookmark their online texts. Students have their own unique home pages that serve as a portal to all of their MetaText resources associated with the course, including the syllabus, text, announcements, and additional reading materials.