Just a few years ago, accessibility was often sidelined in academic and digital publishing, akin to being placed in a footnote—something to consider after the manuscript had been published, the design approved, and the eBook uploaded. Accessibility was more of a...
Tight deadlines. Ambitious content goals. Smaller budgets. The US publishing companies have and will continue turning to offshore partners for content development. When done right, it helps you scale faster, lower costs, and stay on schedule. But a wrong-fit partner...
“Change is the only constant,” a veteran publishing executive told us recently, reflecting a sentiment that resonates deeply within the educational publishing ecosystem. The U.S. Department of Education’s recent executive order on Diversity, Equity,...
You have your content, you have your assessments, and your learners are ready to take the plunge. But, how are you sure that these assessments are working? What about the skills they actually need to do well in their life? The conventional approach with checklists,...
As editors, a large part of our job is to ensure that our content is clear, concise, and easily accessible. For a normal person on a screen reader, skipping over an image’s context or unclear link or a mislabeled text may not feel like that much of a big deal. But,...
John Dewey, an educational reformer once said, “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” We live in an era of technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) has penetrated its way through the education sector as well. We cannot afford to...