Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Today it’s adding Flocabulary, to bring hip hop to the library. Through this deal, Nearpod will add one of the more unique, coveted collections of online educational resources to its library. In 2017, the two companies did a short-term partnership where Flocabulary made a dozen of its hip hop videos available in Nearpod’s library.

Chegg 128

Chegg Education Company Libraries 128

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The nonprofit publisher of K-12 curriculum launched in 2016 expecting an audience for its digital offerings. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. Just ask Jessica Reid Sliwerski, CEO of Open Up Resources.

Chegg 148

Chegg Software Industry Pearson 148

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” “The Current State of Educational Blogging 2016,” according to Edublogs’ Sue Waters. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Ithaka S+R and OCLC Research launch project to examine how universities and their libraries are changing.”

Education 44

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