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

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One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. 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. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER.

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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. 1, 2018 to Jan. In its latest fiscal year earnings summary (for Nov.

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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

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And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. A bundle that includes access to its other online tools, including MyLab and Mastering, costs about $79. But the company is not cutting the cord with print.

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Knewton’s New Business Attracts New $25M in Funding. But Some Things Don’t Change.

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The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Department of Veterans Affairs this week backed Ashford University ‘s attempt to shift its state-based eligibility for veterans’ benefits from Iowa to Arizona , likely preserving the for-profit university’s access to Post–9/11 GI Bill and active-duty military tuition benefits.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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hey siri show me a vision of hell made especially for me pic.twitter.com/wbs9E7BuKf — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2018. Swedish student single-handedly prevents deportation of Afghan asylum seeker by refusing to sit down on flight pic.twitter.com/5YdS7EBF9X — The Independent (@Independent) July 25, 2018.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) It’s that their parents are opting them out of exposure to these technologies.

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