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Friday, 8 February 2013

Research journals go online


As the scope of higher education increases, the research fraternity is benefiting immensely from the national and international journals which contain research papers and news about a field of study. The matter for these journals is written by well-known academicians and teachers who have been involved in guiding research scholars since years.

Two popular journals, which are assisting research scholars across the world, are International Journal of Finance and International Journal of Marketing. These journals are published quarterly and reach the scholars of several universities. Being related to the fields of marketing and finance, the journals are not just beneficial for scholars, but also for practitioners in these areas and academicians. The availability of these journals in the online version is a blessing for the research community. While the International Journal of Finance is aimed at risk managers, insurers, and students of financial management, the International Journal of Marketing serves the cause of retail managers and marketing students. They can get ideas for better management and learn techniques which can be applied practically at the workplace.

The conversion of the matter for the online version is done by experts from e-learning content companies. These companies assess the matter that is present in journals, and devise ways to make it more interesting, as well as interactive. The research matter is often serious and might be iterative for a reader. To gain higher readership, it is essential that the matter be augmented with images and graphs that explain a topic better. This is the role played by e-learning content companies. The content providers and designers make the matter easy to understand and alter it to suit the new mode of delivery. The subject matter experts, who prepare the research papers for the International Journal of Finance and International Journal of Marketing often, have to work with the designers at the e-learning content companies to make them understand the subject better.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Ushering in the change with e-learning


There is a group of people, or rather thousands of people, who are working together to bring in the changes in the education world, which will alter the way the students will learn things. These people are connected together with a common motive, and common technology. E-learning content providers are bringing these people together, for innovation in e-learning content development.

E-learning will be a revolution and its effects are already being witnessed in the way students perceive knowledge and get a hold on subjects. As schools change from open grounds to air conditioned classrooms, children are shifting from traditional books and worksheets to laptops and tablets. This alteration will be brought about with the help of these e-learning content providers. They understand the needs of the schools and adapt the curriculum in a way that will suit the new mode of education.

An e-learning content company works with the developers and the clients, so it can be said to be an enabler or connector between the two parties. The preferences of the clients are conveyed to the designers and writers who give shape to e-learning content development. The clients of an e-learning content company are schools, colleges, research institutions, as well as corporate  Apart from material for school students, the e-learning content providers also service the corporate and enable training at the workplace, facilitated by new age material.

This makes the scope of e-learning content development wide, by covering all stages of learning. So a person who is creating content for schools books may also be involved in preparation of the packages for corporate training. The subject matter experts for all the segments will be employed by the e-learning content company involved in this field. They will decide the level of inputs to be given at the various levels and will coordinate with the designers. The designers will give a final shape to the material and it will then be delivered to the clients for feedback. The team of writers and designers incorporate the changes and the e-learning content is ready for use.