Knowledge: Facilitate the availability of highly valued IEEE educational materials to IEEE Members and the worldwide engineering community.
Opportunities: Create new opportunities to share your knowledge and expertise.
Visibility: Get a peer-reviewed IEEE publication that supports cross-referencing with other relevant IEEE materials, increasing awareness of your other IEEE publications.
Impact: Provide additional opportunities for you to help advance the profession.
Ownership: You retain the copyright of your original materials.
Quality: All IEEE eLearning Library tutorials go through a comprehensive peer review process.
Compensation: Receive a royalty for contribution of your expertise.
Existing materials previously presented and reviewed on the selected topic are used, helping to streamline the development process.
Audio is easily recorded on your own computer, then transcribed for use by a voice talent professional for the final tutorial.
Tutorial components requested from the author include, author photo and short biography; 10 references; 10 glossary terms & definitions; and 10 questions / answers, multiple choice or true/false for self-test at the end of the tutorial.
Based on feedback from current eLearning tutorial authors, total time commitment for developing an hour long course is approximately 8 hours.