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Will Digital Textbooks Save the Academic Publishing Industry? A growing number of college students are saving money by not buying the textbooks required for their courses. Some buy secondhand books..

Heard the Term Authoring Tool? An authoring tool assists you in creating digital content. The tool could be something as simple as Google documents, or as complex as a video production suite.

Innovative technology brings new opportunities. Since its birth, digital learning has been primarily geared towards and available to students in higher education. As technology has progressed,..

It’s 2018. Each successive generation grows up with more and more familiarity with technology. Few children have not used an iPad, smartphone, or computer. While excessive screen time can be harmful,..

What is blended learning? Blended learning uses two or more training methods combined together to achieve the desired learning outcomes. An example would be a mix of traditional classroom training..

If you’re just embarking on your online course creation journey, the plethora of unfamiliar terms and methods of development can be daunting. Fortunately, learning how to reuse content with authoring..

What are Sorting Questions? Sorting questions are often referred to as Ranking or Ordering questions. Sorting questions can be of several types. Some ask the learners to compare a list of items to..

Whenever website accessibility is discussed, mention of the WCAG is likely to follow close behind. Some ten years after it was restructured and re-released as the WCAG 2.0, a new version, 2.1, is..

Before we jump into how cool digital assessments are, let’s understand why it is important to assess the learner as well as the learning. The learner needs to be assessed to ensure that they have..

The leading global academic publishers have reported dramatically diminishing sales of printed textbooks which have led not only to hugely reduced profits but also increasing losses – billions of..

That is what microlearning does – provide extra support to tame the big, hairy training monster. Source AllenComm:

Microlearning is learning based on skills. They are short, bite-sized modules that concentrate only on a specific topic or learning objective. Since they are precise and to the point, the learners..

With the inevitable rising costs of printed textbooks, students are generally keen to use digital material that is considerably cheaper even than secondhand or rented textbooks.

The hugely successful US entertainment company, Netflix has established a financially viable flat fee model for its digital movie and TV content. Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music are all..

A previous article in this series discussed how to add alternative text to images using the alt attribute, or "alt text". However, the most difficult part of this process is deciding exactly what..

What is Instructional Design Instructional design is the practice of making learning more effective, interesting and challenging for the learner. The pedagogical engineer has to study, design, and..

Our technology team has been working hard this month. We strive to help you easily create, publish, and distribute digital learning materials. We have some exciting new features in MyEcontentFactory..

Creating websites and online content that are easily accessible by disabled and able-bodied users alike is of ever-growing importance in most commercial and educational circles. In some peoples'..

Information Technology From the I to T in Education From transferring information to extending knowledge, Data has become an important tool by which society would advance, as stated by Kenneth Cukier..

First Steps to Digital Culture Through Change Management Shifting to digital is an inevitable challenge for all businesses. And this transformation is coming at a blistering speed. Indeed, companies..

More and more courseware is being created at the college level with the number of students taking online classes soaring. Data collected in 2015 showed that more than six million students took at..

Training Materials to eLearning Have you ever been in a situation where the client comes to you with a 150-page manual, dumps it on your table and says, “Here you go. When can I expect the super..

Academic publishers worldwide have catered for a lucrative niche market for decades. At every level of formal education, students and scholars are expected to use textbooks that provide the..

With more and more college courses being offered entirely online, education is finally proceeding into the future. For centuries, education was always presented the same way in college: An instructor..

Computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, digital cameras, and the Internet are just some of the everyday realities of life in the 21st century. All make digital content readily available, instantly,..

What are Open Educational Resources? Open Educational Resources (OER) are defined as any type of educational and learning material available for free online. These digital tools are used for..

There is nothing new about digital publishing: it’s been evolving for about half a century. But digital technology has developed at such a rapid rate, it has turned the entire publishing industry on..

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