2018 Adaptive Learning Education OER 
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2020
Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2019
Open educational resources hit a turning point in 2018. For the first time ever, the federal government put forward funds to support initiatives around open educational resources, and recent studies show that faculty attitudes towards using and adapting these openly-licensed learning materials are steadily improving.
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Edsurge
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. 1, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2018 to Jan. In its latest fiscal year earnings summary (for Nov.
Edsurge
JULY 15, 2019
The biggest education company in the world is moving away from a production model that has been one of the main drivers in the rising cost of textbooks. higher education courseware sales in 2015. We need to be asking this of all digital materials, even open educational resources.” It doesn’t matter what a student wants to use.
Edsurge
AUGUST 21, 2018
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.
Bryan Alexander
AUGUST 17, 2018
The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. In addition, previous Horizon domain areas beyond higher education are on the table (“We’ll be exploring those soon.”). I have many thoughts to share here. ”).
Bryan Alexander
AUGUST 17, 2018
The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. In addition, previous Horizon domain areas beyond higher education are on the table (“We’ll be exploring those soon.”). I have many thoughts to share here. ”).
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