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JANUARY 22, 2020
Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017. In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. Pearson officials did not respond in time for the story.
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APRIL 12, 2018
New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. In 2017, Top Hat nabbed $7.5 Edward Watson.
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JUNE 24, 2016
Now benefits like those cost reductions and higher student success rates are prompting the school to roll out more Z-degrees programs and extend its partnership with Lumen Learning by piloting next-generation adaptive OER courseware. But Tidewater doesn’t have plans for total conversion to OER, despite the benefits.
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MAY 6, 2019
In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. And around 2017, publishers including Pearson that once used Knewton began to pull back.
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FEBRUARY 27, 2020
In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. Delivering these models to a differentiated population of educators and learners requires an adaptive approach.
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JULY 15, 2019
Even though Pearson is not cutting out print completely, its digital-first update strategy may still alienate some faculty, says Wiley, who is currently the chief academic officer of Lumen Learning, a company that provides digital OER courseware to colleges and universities. “It It doesn’t matter what a publisher wants to sell.
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MAY 3, 2017
godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. 11:00AM: The Promise of Big Data & Adaptive Learning with Dale Johnson (Arizona State University), Andrew Smith Lewis (Cerego), Dr. Colin Fredericks (HarvardX), Eric Frank (Acrobatiq), James Willey (Ellucian), Jose Ferreira (Bakpax).
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