Edsurge
MAY 1, 2019
Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 Its acquisitions include Redbird Advanced Learning (a K-12 math, reading and writing curriculum provider) Area9 (an adaptive learning technology) and ALEKS (an online adaptive math program). The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , would create the second-biggest U.S.
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. And around 2017, publishers including Pearson that once used Knewton began to pull back.
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.” Pearson does not have a platform. But Pearson is not a platform.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 17, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. Pearson announced this week that it plans to release a free learning management system aimed at the higher education market.
eSchool News
JANUARY 5, 2024
Pearson Mudhol, High School Student, Meridian World School, Round Rock, Texas Let’s be candid: the education headlines from 2023 were bleak. We’re just beginning to fully comprehend the massive scope of learning loss wrought by school closures during the pandemic. New technology in the library or for your counselors?
techlearning
MARCH 5, 2018
New features include a web-based teacher console, automatic keyword library updates, GDPR compliance support, and more. PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education Impero will also discuss its recent update to Impero iSafeguard, its online safeguarding training solution for school staff.
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