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UniqPublishing
invites authors in all instructional disciplines to submit publishing
proposals, areas presently represented in the catalog being criminal justice,
law, music, and nursing. UniqPublishing is actively seeking proposals
from disciplines represented in general education reqirements and especially
those traditionally labelled "arts and humanities." Potential
authors should be content specialists and have significant teaching experience.
Structured and sophisticated instructional design is
an important concept for UniqPublishing, and its refinement may
be either a function of the author or of UniqPublishing itself.
In practice, it is this instructional design that is primarily responsible
for setting apart the resulting interactive instructional materials from
the more often-found electronic presentations (such as traditional Powerpoint
productions).
Ideally, collaboration would provide the best avenue
to good instructional design. E-publishing, generally speaking, requires
more intense collaboration than does traditional publishing. This suggests
that some training in instructional design as well as software usage may
be provided to the author. Even in a collaborative environment, however,
specific content is the exclusive responsibility of the author.
While traditional lectures may provide the
raw ingredients for content, all publications are conceived for electronic
delivery, either for the web or CD-rom. (Nevertheless, printed versions
are frequently provided as an option.) The published material may be an
entire e-textbook, a multimedia package designed to support or supplement
traditional lectures, or a substantial but specific learning object.
A
specific market should be identified, but it need not be a large one.
More information is provided under "Author Guide" and "Contact
Us."
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