Global eWorkbook

The Global eWorkbook represents an evolution in self-study materials for students. Within a rich multimedia environment it provides a wealth of resources for the learner, enabling them to continue their studies at their own pace, and in their own time. Below, we’ve focused on just a few of the features of the eWorkbook. To learn more, contact your local Macmillan office and ask for a demo to see for yourself just how innovative the eWorkbook truly is.
On-the-go Study
Most of us have some downtime during our day – a commute, a visit to the dentist, etc.– when we could be doing something more productive than staring out of the window. Global recognises this, as well as the fact that not all learners want to study in a classroom, or sitting in front of a computer. We have provided a wide variety of extra listening and video materials in the eWorkbook. These are supplied in commonly used file formats, so students can load these materials onto their portable music and video players and study and review ‘on-the-go’. Below you can see one of the Global videos from the eWorkbook, and the accompanying student’s worksheet.
Breathe in worksheet
Interactive Practice
The eWorkbook contains a wide range of activities which allow for extra practice and review of the language presented in the Coursebooks. These activities will cover all aspects of language learning, including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and skills work.
Print and Work
We realise that for some people studying from a screen just doesn’t work, for whatever reason. The eWorkbook offers the best of both worlds. Learners can print out worksheets and use them for revision or practice as they would with a traditional printed workbook. Alternatively they can cover the same learning points on their computer in a fully interactive environment.
SCORM Content
All of the content in the Global eWorkbook is fully SCORM compliant. Activities can be supplied for integration into your institutional Learning Management System (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). If you haven’t come across this concept before, SCORM is a set of technical standards for e-learning software, and allows for seamless interaction between various software applications. Content developed to SCORM standards will run on any of the SCORM-compliant LMS’ available such as Moodle, Blackboard, ATutor, etc. If you are interested in using Global eWorkbook content in your LMS, please contact your local Macmillan representative.
Global Digital
The design of Global Digital is based on extensive research done with teachers actively using Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) in their classes, to discover what they actually needed in order to teach most effectively. This led to the development of one of the most sophisticated yet easy-to-use IWB language software packages available.
Digital Book
Global Digital allows the teacher to access and display an interactive version of any page from the Coursebook in front of the class. All of the relevant audio, video and reference materials are instantly accessible right on the page. This digital material is ready to use, requiring no preparation from the teacher, and is designed to help the flow of the lesson.
Teacher’s Area
A digital ‘blank canvas’ which can be accessed at any point during a lesson. A teacher can build up a complete repository of teacher and student-generated material to support each unit of the Coursebook. This authoring facility offers the creative teacher the best of both worlds – quality material from the coursebook working seamlessly alongside a locally produced, personalized and reusable materials bank. Materials produced in the Teacher’s Area can be saved (to a USB thumb drive, a local network, etc.) and easily shared with colleagues.
Interactive Games
Digital game templates are easily customized with your own content, but require minimal preparation time. Students can play motivating language games and at the same time recycle material selected by the teacher.
Platform Neutral
Global Digital will work with any make of IWB, as well as with a simple computer and projector combination – all of the tools for interacting with the content are built into the software itself. Global Digital is compatible with both PCs and Macs.

















