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Top Hat Buys Canadian Textbook Business to Compete With Publishers in Digital Courseware

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Top Hat got its start in the “clicker” business, offering a web-based and mobile classroom response tool that lets instructors gauge whether students understood the lesson (or paid attention). It has even tried partnering with publishers like Pearson to digitize their print materials, according to Silagadze.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. If educational institutes start adopting OERs in classrooms, students will be able to save a lot of money that would otherwise be spent on purchasing textbooks and rental subscriptions. but they do get to save money through this model.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology A Case Study in Science and Engineering Job Shadowing in High School - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D.

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

Kitaboo on EdTech

Higher education is going through a massive transformation thanks to the adoption of new technologies like mobile learning , gamification and digital courseware. According to Pearson Education, 84% teachers , administrators and students think that shifting to digital can solve the challenges of education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” ” Well, maybe they do; maybe they don’t.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. ” Inside Higher Ed takes a closer look at a game called Givling , a mobile trivia app “that promises winners a payout of up to $50,000 on their student loan debt.” Some of Khosla’s education investments are listed here. Because “open.”).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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