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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

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Mercier, who’s starting his second year studying business management at City, University of London’s Cass Business School in a couple of weeks, found three of them on a new service called Perlego , a UK-based company which wants to be the Netflix of academic content. One partner, Pearson, took a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.2

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Spotting the 2017 Trends That Fuel Edtech Innovation and Investments

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We’re pleased to share this year’s Edtech Outlook, a data-rich dive into the state of education technology with case studies into emerging-frontier innovations. Founders are finding incredibly creative ideas to make learning more accessible, engaging and inspiring. Reach Capital Edtech Outlook 2017 from Jennifer Carolan.

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

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This technology allows students and staff to access multiple applications and resources with a single username and password. And that is a very conservative number, based only on time saved using the top six critical core web applications from Pearson, McGraw-Hill, PowerSchool, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Google Classroom.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Inclusive teaching means ensuring that all students, regardless of their background, abilities, or challenges, have equal access to learning opportunities and feel supported and valued in the classroom. Pearson, P. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. New York: Continuum. Griffo, V.

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Schools and Colleges Try Virtual Reality Science Labs. But Can VR Replace a Cadaver?

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Microsoft's partnership with Pearson includes HoloChemistry for primary, secondary and college students, and HoloPatient for nursing students. Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic created HoloAnatomy with Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality technology. Like Ayoub, he mentions accessibility.

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Most Popular of 2015, No. ten: Are digital textbooks worth it?

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Writer Mary Axelson’s reporting was engrossing, and her case studies struck a chord with readers: While the original story ran across four pages, an unusually-above average number of you read it all the way to the end. The next year, they flipped that model by buying online social studies books with some hardcopy backups.

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Three Years In, Minerva’s Founder On For-Profits, Selectivity, and His Critics

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They get their textbooks from Pearson, from Macmillan. They get their Harvard Business case studies from the for-profit arm of Harvard University. Let's open it up to the audience here: "Someone is asking about access versus prestige. Where do you see things going in terms of accessibility and scale?" Nonexistent.

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