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Recently, we’ve discussed why embracing content agility is key and explained that the road towards it is rather agile in itself. But what to do once you’ve gone down this road? What is the publisher’s next step after digitalisation?Automation tooling: what’s out there?Even though publishers use an increasing number of digital tools (such as content

Keywords are no science but an art. There is no such thing as ‘the right keyword,’ as we’re talking about a core concept incorporated into a piece of content in the broadest form. Texts don’t necessarily need to contain an exact keyword. For example, if the term ‘European Union’ is used several times, ‘European Commission’

To be future-proof, companies need to embrace automated labelling. But where to start? In this blog series, we focus on content metadata. A few weeks ago, we discussed keyword extraction. Today, we’ll have a closer look at a related label: topic classification.What is topic classification?Topic classification comes with an aggregated label. The main difference with

Companies that want to keep up with market developments require well-organised metadata at a very granular level. They need to embrace automated labelling to be ready for the future. But labels and metadata are used at various levels, which means it’s not easy to see the forest for the trees.In this blog series, we focus

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed several types of metadata that benefit from automated labelling: the CEFR, keywords, topic, and learning objectives. Of course, there are many other types of metadata. But the ones we’ve addressed have a few things in common. It’s difficult to use them efficiently, and they’re usually not created in an objective, consistent manner.

The term ‘agile’ has become common in software development. Developers used to build their programming schedules around a set-in-stone blueprint. But they increasingly adopt an insights-driven approach, shaping the result as they go. Based on knowledge gained during short iterations, they adjust or change course so as to reach the best possible outcome.With the educational content

In our previous blog post, we’ve discussed the importance of content agility. But how to arrive at agile content? The road towards it is rather agile in itself. Today, we will walk you through the three major stages of an agile process: production, management, and distribution.1. Production: creating individual content unitsAuthors tend to write books

As we’ve discussed in a previous blog post, all modern content aggregation companies are built on the same three pillars: modular content creation and ingestion, rights clearance, and a platform for content distribution. Today, let’s have a closer look at the second pillar: rights clearance. What does it entail, why is it useful, and what

In the past few weeks, we’ve shown how all modern content aggregation companies are built on the same three pillars. Now that we’ve discussed the first two pillars — modular content creation and ingestion and rights clearance — let’s have a look at the third one: a platform for content distribution. What does it entail,