Publisher aims for e-content development Latest e-learning / e-books Integration with existing / VLE technology Benefits for learning & teaching e-learning, e-content, e-technology e-learning, e-content, e-technology Susannah Bowen e-Learning Business Development Manager McGraw-Hill Higher Education Europe
e-content: history Now: aims for development Market responsive content Benefits teaching and learning Uses technology effectively Publisher development aims
Websites and study CDs Supersites VLEs and publisher VLEs e-books: hypertext / custom e-products: sim games, online courses Latest e-learning products
Online Learning Centers Book specific companion websites/online learning centres Content support and extends text For both students & lecturers Supplement classroom instruction or the basis of an online course
Subject specific ‘supersites’ Self contained learning portal For lecturers and students Resources enhance an entire discipline area
Subject specific ‘supersites’ Currency: using technology to best advantage
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Content from Online Learning Centers goes here Blackboard Example
PageOut Course Management Visit Website Publisher VLEs Hosted by the publisher Managed via the Internet Course building tools Post announcements Upload files Create quizzes Build a syllabus Host discussions Maintain a gradebook europe.pageout.net
Easy to build a custom website for your course
Custom e-books Breadth of content Customise to fit your course Flexible delivery Add your own content Visit Website Interactive e-Books Integrated, linked, animated CD / online Metatext / Rovia / Powertext
Primis Online View material and create a book online Create custom versions of textbooks Include case studies Include your materials Flexible delivery McGraw-Hill Primis Online
What can you do? Replace photocopy readings Complement physical textbooks Replace physical textbooks Customise materials (course where ‘no book fits’) McGraw-Hill Primis Online
Primis eBook content selected by lecturer Primis eBook content selected by lecturer Student pays Centrally costed (dept, library) Centrally costed (dept, library) Download to home PC Download to home PC Web viewing from any PC Web viewing from any PC Build into your intranet Build into your intranet CD Print (university fulfilled) Print (university fulfilled) Flexible delivery for students to access eBook Library access: JISC pilots in development
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e-products Simulation games Online courses
McGraw-Hill Primis Integration with existing technology Content for VLEs Primis custom e- books: pdfs Flexibility of delivery
McGraw-Hill Primis The future? Standard platforms in university More investment content, e-only products Easier security Technology integration: PCs, handhelds, mobiles
McGraw-Hill Primis e-Learning benefits Depends on products: Different learning styles Integrate conceptual knowledge Enhance student learning experience Unified, integrated learning Currency Cost Synchronous/asynchronous learning Preparation and production times Branding
Content and technology Flexibility to suit student learning style lecturer teaching course delivery Summary