Course
The E2 "Enhanced Editors" online course is addressed to small and medium publishers from Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Turkey and Spain. Course topics will include forms and uses of hypertext structures, the cross-media systems and productions, different typologies of interactivity in publishing, interaction between user generated contents and professional products, page layout and design, language and communicative style on the web, learning and edutainment production for e-book, interactive dashboards and mobile application, on-demand, push delivery systems, digital rights management and the equipment necessary for e-publishing.
The reference model here is the multi-modal and multi-layer approach to the description of so-called learning objects. This could face the heterogeneity of available learning objects and related methods: the solution should support "traditional" materials such as texts, images, presentations; it should embrace dynamic multimedia contents, e.g. videos and animations; finally, e-learning should also take advantage from interactive tools, such as forums and instant messaging. Considering the current publishing sector the course could focus in a first hypothesis on the following main areas: managing e-publishing projects, producing digital contents, copyright digital right management and marketing for digital products. The e-learning platform consists of the e-learning environment for the delivery of the e-course addressed to the project target group (small and medium publishers). It will also include the collaborative tools for individual study and sharing documents and arranging group virtual session. The platform will be accessed through the E2 website using a personal UserID and password to login. The e-learning platform will be created in English and the Learning Objects uploaded will be in English with lecture notes translated into the partners' languages.
During the last months of the "Enhanced Editors" course, participants will produce project works (multimedia products) using applications and teachings developed through the e-learning course. Project works could encompass enhanced book suitable for the computer, web TV, mobile phones etc. At the end of the production, each work will be evaluated by Mindresearch according to an emotional approach (evaluation of the area of interest for putting images, pop-ups, enriched objects in the e-books, didactic materials, creating standards for the better position of the images or buttons, creating standards for a better emotional fruition of enhanced books, in the different media formats). Project works will be available in English and in the original language. Project works will be promoted at Torino Book Fair, ITEF festival in Istanbul and at Vilnius Book Fair and on the project website.