Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Kibby has big claims of his own, however, when it comes to how aggressively Knewton plans to compete with major textbook publishers.
Edsurge
MARCH 14, 2022
Knewton: All Talk, Little Evidence While AltSchool spent millions of dollars, few experts I talked to described the microschool model as having negative impacts on student learning. But, don’t worry—they had plenty to say about Knewton. Life at a startup is hard, but education is exponentially harder.' No kidding.”
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Edsurge
JULY 1, 2019
This marks Wiley’s second courseware purchase in three months, following on its acquisition of the much hyped (and generously funded) Knewton in May. Wiley was pursuing Zyante and Knewton at the same time, claims Matt Leavy, executive vice president of Wiley’s education publishing division.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 20, 2016
Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student.
Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2019
Last year, Great Hill also put in $110 million in Connexeo , a provider of school administration and payment software. Trilogy Education, which provides software-training bootcamps for universities, was acquired for $750 million by 2U. One example is Great Hill Partners, which invested in Examity in April. million and 2.5
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
The Toronto-based company got its start selling “clicker” software that allows students to respond to questions through their computers and phones. Wiley, for example, purchased Knewton and zyBooks just two months apart in 2019 to bolster its digital offerings.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
If few students answer the question correctly, the software can flag the professor, or the textbook author, to consider revising the content to make it clearer. At first sight, one might think they were employees coding the software, rather than the ones learning from it. There’s nothing glitzy about the software itself.
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