Adaptive Learning Industry OER Technology 
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. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2019
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. But fans of OER are increasingly facing a problem.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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. Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology. She mentioned that while there are many trends and expectations around technology, there is also a corresponding lack of data-driven evidence that can inform effective implementations.
A Principal's Reflections
MAY 20, 2018
Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book. Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. More and more schools have gone 1:1 thanks to the cost-effectiveness of the Chromebook and cloud-based tools.
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. The company licenses content from OER providers including FlatWorld, a for-profit offering low-cost course materials, and OpenStax, a nonprofit housed at Rice University.
Edsurge
JULY 15, 2019
Even though Pearson is not cutting out print completely, its digital-first update strategy may still alienate some faculty, says Wiley, who is currently the chief academic officer of Lumen Learning, a company that provides digital OER courseware to colleges and universities. “It It doesn’t matter what a publisher wants to sell.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
103 
Let's personalize your content