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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

This has led to higher education textbook publishers facing the brunt as that’s the only area where students and institutes can reduce their spends, by opting for digital textbooks instead. Students have welcomed this change as they now have a multitude of choice in the digital learning space.

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12 Practical Tips for Remote Learning During School Closures – SULS057

Shake Up Learning

As I learned many weeks ago from my interview with Jennifer Pearson , a teacher who had been teaching her students in China remotely for many weeks, this is NOT the time to throw a bunch of new tools at our teachers and students. Jennifer Pearson learned early on that you cannot replicate the school schedule every day at home.

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BibliU Raises $10 Million to Scale Online Textbooks

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Although students’ reception to digital materials remains mixed , the print-to-digital transition has become an overriding concern and priority for many publishers. Pearson, one of the publishers featured on the platform, recently reported that its print U.S.

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A Shopping List for Mathematics in the Digital Age

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Prior to CueThink, Sheela was Project Director at Pearson Education, focusing on technologically innovative assessment items based on Common Core State Standards. She has been a member of various consortiums such as Web Access Initiative (WAI), National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) and Open eBook Forum.

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How Academic Publishers Can Push the Boundaries of Digital Learning

Edsurge

Digital learning platforms are not, however, simply a matter of reproducing a print-first approach via high fidelity ebooks. As the financial viability of printed textbooks declines little by little, the demand for alternatives like online learning content continues to grow. Those days are coming to an end.

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Are We There Yet? Integrating Tech & Learning #SXSWedu

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Tom Greaves, The Greaves Group www.projectred.org Project Red - large scale research project funded by Pearson and Intel; Collected data from over 1000 schools around the country and looked at 136 variables. It brings a library of over 18,000 purpose-built, digital learning objects to teachers, learners, and parents.

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Digital Courseware or ePUB – Which is the Future of Higher Education?

Kitaboo on EdTech

The transformation towards digital has been accelerated impacting all aspects of education including learning materials and content. Many colleges and universities have invested in technology, laying emphasis on education facilitated by digital and remote learning techniques. The Growth of eBooks in Higher Education.

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