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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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Goldman, vice president of textbooks and e-books at Chegg, a student services provider that notably sold its print textbook inventory to Ingram in 2015, adoption of digital materials among students has been slower than he predicted. He prefers to go to bookshelf,” she said, “instead of sitting on the tablet and trying to figure it out.”.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

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Students have welcomed this change as they now have a multitude of choice in the digital learning space. This led higher education textbook publishers to shift towards digital publishing , albeit reluctantly as they learned that digital is the only way forward.

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The 2018 EdSurde Annual Special: Surgecoin, EduWands and Other News Not Fit for Print

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Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. Kids can then tackle dangerous undertakings like climbing a tree, learning linear equations and losing a spelling bee without risk of broken bones or bruised egos. Next up: the EduWand.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

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Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. K-12 content libraries usually contain thousands of learning resources like videos, short knowledge nuggets etc.

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3 Apps to Build Solid Study Skills

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That includes note-taking and review in a variety of formats to touch the varied approaches to learning. They are flexible, scalable, and as a group, address a variety of learning approaches students use. Notes are taken on an infinite canvas as though it was a tablet of lined paper. For that, students require study. Conclusion.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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