We're super excited for this year's Image Conference, organised by Kieran Donaghy and MELTA. It's a fantastic event, dedicated to the innovative and creative use of media and images in English language teaching. This year's Image Conference will take place on Saturday 5th December in Munich. "The innovative goals of The Image Conference are to put media and images at the [...]
Art Buying Co-ordinator at emc design. Photo taken by Lina and Tom - Wedding & Event Photography Whether or not you’re interested in rights and licensing of images, if you’re at all involved in photo research, selection and use, it’s important to know some key facts about the process. Educational and ELT books [...]
During this year's IATEFL conference one of the big themes that stood out for us was the prominence image and video were given, as part of the teaching process but also the creation of ELT materials – finally we say! Where once the image on the page was more of an after-thought, briefed once the main [...]
Last week we discussed stock images in ELT materials design, including the benefits and limitations of their use. We briefly touched on what picture researchers need to do to find the right images, and in this post we’ll dig a bit deeper and explore how we approach picture research here at emc. The deal with [...]
Over the next couple of weeks our Creative Services team will be hosting a blog series on images - where to find them, why they are important and the role they play in ELT. Our first post will be about stock images and their use in ELT material design. In ELT materials, a well-chosen image is more than a [...]
In the first part of this mini-series we discussed the complexities of ELT publishing – focusing on publishers’ growing need to get courses to market quickly without losing quality. To do this, the supply chain for larger projects is often made up of smaller companies and individuals, all of whom are going to be working [...]
As global publishers increasingly promote agile workflows both internally and externally, they rely more and more heavily on many individuals and smaller businesses to help get their massive, multi-million pound courses and products to market. These external suppliers (like emc) can provide any number of different services – from simple design of one component to [...]
It’s nearly time for MaWSIG May! After a successful PCE in April, MaWSIG will be doing a series of webinars throughout the month of May. ivermectin for humans rosacea We’re excited to see what speakers at the forefront of ELT have in store for us. Here’s a quick round up of the webinars you can [...]
The 49th Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition will take place from the 11th-14th April, with ELT professionals coming together to discuss, reflect on and develop ideas. ivermectin for chickens how many times There will also be the chance to view the latest ELT publications, products and services available. And we are going to be there! The [...]
We can't believe how quickly 2014 came and went. For us it was a great year, we worked on some brilliant projects, we moved to new premises and we were fortunate enough to employ some brilliant new people! 2015 promises to be an equally epic year and we are excited to announce 4 job positions [...]