Edsurge
APRIL 14, 2022
During the past two years of the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a spike in student use of so-called homework help websites —including Chegg and Course Hero—which market themselves as providing study aids but which many professors see as designed to aid student cheating.
Edsurge
MAY 3, 2019
The announced merger this week between two of the world’s largest textbook publishers—McGraw-Hill and Cengage—could mean more students end up buying subscriptions to digital courseware libraries each semester, rather than making a trip to a bookstore. That’s the way Cengage created its subscription product, says Hansen.
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Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2019
But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. But he notes that districts have proven more comfortable adopting digital tools for supplemental materials.
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
Since then, Reach’s focus has broadened, investing in early-stage companies building tools to support early-childhood education, postsecondary institutions and adult professional development. The most recent of these, the writing feedback assistant WriteLab, was acquired by Chegg , a publicly-traded education company, for $15 million.
Kitaboo on EdTech
JUNE 13, 2019
Students can access more than 20,000 course materials— courseware, eBooks, online homework and study tools, across more than 70 disciplines and 675 courses. Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. Provide Access to K-12 Libraries. but they do get to save money through this model.
Edsurge
APRIL 8, 2019
Today it’s adding Flocabulary, to bring hip hop to the library. Through this deal, Nearpod will add one of the more unique, coveted collections of online educational resources to its library. The company also offers reading exercises, quizzes, vocabulary games, and tools that let students write and animate their own videos.
Brainscape
JUNE 9, 2022
In a nutshell, SRS algorithms are learning tools that determine the frequency of each concept’s repetition based on the user's performance. These powerful standalone study tools offer spaced repetition as the core feature, rather than just an afterthought slapped onto an existing course or curriculum.
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