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Sample course writer's style guide

Overview

Production of Quality Distance Learning Materials for the Secondary School Level

This manual provides information for writers and developers involved in the project, Increasing Access to Secondary School Level Education Through the Production of Quality Learning Materials.

The manual includes:

  • Style guidelines
  • Explanation of the sections of the modules
  • A writer's checklist
  • Specific sections for inclusion in each module and unit written

Acknowledgements:

This document draws heavily on two other style guides that have been developed at The Commonwealth of Learning for materials development projects. These projects are:

Technical and Vocational Teacher Training Core Curriculum; and Stamp 2000+ (Science, Technology and Mathematics programme)

If you have any queries about this style guide or its relationship to the distance learning materials you are developing, contact:

Education Specialist
Materials and Open Schooling
The Commonwealth of Learning
600-1285 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6H 3X8
Canada
  Telephone: (604) 775 8200
Fax: (604) 775 8210
E-mail:
info@col.org
Web: www.col.org

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Style Guide (PDF format)