http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A3501.cfm
Partnership Results in Development of Interactive Electronic College
Textbooks
June 2001
McGraw-Hill Higher Education has announced an alliance with MetaText,
netLibrary's digital textbook division, to develop electronic versions of
its college textbooks. MetaText editions contain all essential components of
a textbook, including text, photographs, charts and graphics. These editions
organize text into conceptual units, rather than use arbitrary page breaks.
The alliance is designed to enhance student learning and to help professors
manage their courses. Using the MetaText platform, professors can annotate
text and make instantly-viewable class announcements.
McGraw-Hill is now able to make its digital textbooks available through
classroom Web sites that have been created with its PageOut course
management software. This software is free to professors who use McGraw-Hill
materials. Through PageOut, students can view a professor's instructions and
notes, take tests prepared by instructors and directly link to a MetaText
e-textbook or other electronic tools, such as McGraw-Hill's Online Learning
Centers, exercises and links to related Web sites.
MetaText will initially convert about 30 McGraw-Hill textbooks, covering a
variety of subject areas that include economics, accounting, communications,
English, biology and more. McGraw-Hill Education, New York, NY, (212)
512-2000, www.mcgraw-hill.com.
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