Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

And it just may have found a key piece to make that strategy click. There’s Wiley, better known in academia and research, which recently acquired Knewton and zyBooks , to sell online higher-ed courseware. The Toronto-based company once relied on textbook publishers to distribute its technology.

Knewton 122

Knewton Company OER Pearson 122

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. Meanwhile, Wiley acquired two startups— Knewton and Zyante —to bolster its courseware offerings. This enables us to offer prices that are highly competitive,” says Fallon.

Pearson 162

Pearson OER Company Knewton 162

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. In the past, publishers such as Pearson and McGraw-Hill were counted on to be the exit strategy.

EdTech 89

EdTech Pearson Company Knewton 89

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Cengage Unlimited – Marketing ploy or significant change in strategy?” Chromebooks.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50