ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER

How do I contribute to the newsletter? How often is the newsletter published? What’s the mission of the Instructional Design & Learning SIG? Find out this and more in this section!

Publishing Schedule
IDeaL: Design for Learning is published for members of the Instructional Design and Learning (IDL) SIG of the Society for Technical Communication.

Our annual publishing schedule is:

Issue	Article Deadline
July	June 1
September	August 1
January	December 1
April	March 1

Visit www.stcsig.org/idl/newsletter.shtml to access the newsletter archives.

Article & Contribution Guidelines
We encourage you to submit for consideration content of interest to those who do instructional design or wish to learn more about this field.

CONTENT
Content should relate to instructional design and learning. This includes:

• Short tips or hints
• Book, software, or technology reviews
• Feature articles
• Member news
• IDL SIG and STC news
• Employment information
• Learning opportunities such as courses, conferences, workshops, or events

LENGTH
Articles can range from 25 words to approximately 1000 words. If your article is particularly lengthy, consider breaking it into smaller submissions (such as part 1, part 2, etc.) that we could publish in successive issues.

LEGAL AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

• Include a reprint permission statement, if the article was previously published.
• Include a brief bio of yourself of up to 50 words.
• Verify that the item (book or software) is available for purchase when submitting a book or software review.
• Before submitting Technical Communication book reviews, indicate in which issue the review appeared; for example, published in the February 2003 issue of Technical Communication. (We cannot accept any reviews that have not yet been published in Technical Communication.)
• Verify that Web site links and resources (for example, PDF files) referenced in your article exist at the time you submit the article.

EDITORIAL LICENSE
The editorial staff reserves the right to edit a submission or break a submission into successive parts for publication where deemed necessary.

WHERE TO SUBMIT ARTICLES
Send your articles in electronic format (.doc, .rtf, .wpd, or body of email) to Jackie Damrau, Managing Editor , at jdamrau3@airmail.net

Meet the Newsletter Team

Editor:	Jackie Damrau
Assistant Editor	Andrea Kenner
SIG Membership Manager:	Sylvia Miller
Copy Editors & Proofreaders:	William Collins Aisha Pena
Content Contributors:	AST Corporation Elizabeth Bailey Karen Baranich Jack Butler Sylvia Miller Jane Smith Jan Watrous-McCabe

GIVE US FEEDBACK
Thanks for taking a moment to give us feedback!

• We want to ensure that the newsletter is serving your needs. If you have suggestions on how we can improve the newsletter, please send your suggestions to jdamrau3@airmail.net.
• We welcome letters to the editor, which we will share with readers in our newsletter. If you want to share your thoughts about the newsletter, please send your letter to the Editor.

IDL SIG Mission and Leadership
The mission of the IDL SIG is to help STC members identify and develop knowledge and practical skills for designing, developing, and implementing technical instruction in electronic and traditional classroom settings. The SIG strives to promote sound design practices, provide information, and educate about instructional theory and research.

The leadership team includes:
SIG Manager: Jane Smith
SIG Membership Manager: Sylvia Miller
SIG Secretary: Jan Watrous-McCabe
Web master: Chris Emanuelli
Newsletter Editor: Jackie Damrau
Business Directory Coordinator: Jackie Damrau
Conference Committee Coordinator: Karen Baranich
Online Forum Coordinator: Debra Lynne Edwards
Program Managers: Conni Bille & Jennie Achtemichuk
Scholarship: Gene Holden

STC Mission
The mission of the Society of Technical Communication is to create and support a forum for communities of practice in the profession of technical communication.