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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017.

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Key Findings and Tips for Adaptive Learning

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What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning? In “ Adaptive Literacy Learning 101 ,” presenters reviewed findings from Tech & Learning’s 2017 survey on adaptive learning and highlighted key points that everyone should know.

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Knewton Was Acquired For Less Than $17M, and Former CEO Brian Kibby Has Left

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When Wiley announced back in May that it had acquired Knewton, both companies kept mum on how much the deal was worth. That’s a hard hit for investors in the New York-based company, which had raised more than $180 million since its founding in 2008. Sources told EdSurge that it was in the $10 million range—and they were right.

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Cengage, McGraw-Hill Agree to Merge to Become 2nd Biggest US Textbook Publisher

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The new company will retain the McGraw Hill name, but will be led by Michael Hansen, currently the CEO of Cengage. Like other established textbook publishers, both companies have reoriented their businesses around digital offerings. Banerjee told the Journal that taking the combined company public is a possibility.

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Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free—and Be Financially Sustainable?

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New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. One company, Top Hat, is trying to shift away from that by opening up its marketplace of mostly OER materials to users for free. In 2017, Top Hat nabbed $7.5

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Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets, Marking an End to an Expensive Startup Journey

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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. The New York City-based company has raised more than $180 million in investment capital.

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?Places to Go, Mountains to Climb for Edtech in 2017

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Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Dartmouth College) I took inspiration from Dr. Seuss, and immense liberty in adapting "Oh, The Places You’ll Go" into ‘Oh, The Places Edtech Will Go’ with dedication and thanks to two special six- and ten-year-old girls for their contributions to the rhymes. Edtech will be global.

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