Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Perlego gives users access to a library of content, including digital textbooks. So far the company has won participation by major textbook publishers, including Palgrave, Wiley and Pearson. One partner, Pearson, took a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.2 And it’s currently in the process of closing an agreement with McGraw Hill.

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Pearson Case Study Company Tablets 137

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 billion in revenue in 2018, and will boast a library of 44,000 textbook titles, according to the Journal. The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , would create the second-biggest U.S. textbook publisher if the deal is approved, with a combined valuation estimated at $5 billion.

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Pearson Company Adaptive Learning Report 167

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Few companies have tackled the full range of learners since the days when Pearson was touted as the world’s largest learning company. Epic offers a digital library of more than 40,000 books for students ages 12 and under. Consumers pay about $80 a year for the library. to the rest of the world,” she adds. “We

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EdTech Khan Academy Company Libraries 217

Catlin Tucker

JULY 31, 2015

We Give Books is a Pearson Foundation initiative that allows students to read books (no audio) for ages 4-10 years old. International Children’s Digital Library has an incredible collection of stories in a wide range of languages. These are fantastic for students reading on their own in the classroom on a device.

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Elementary Pearson Common Core Blended Learning 150

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

A New York Times analysis earlier this year detailed how the most influential states, Texas and California, produce markedly different versions of the same texts from publishers such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson and McGraw-Hill “shaded by partisan politics.” Is democracy the best form of government?”—and

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Analysis Pearson Course Libraries 218

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

For example, in mid-July, publishing giant Pearson announced it will adopt a “digital first” strategy for updating college course materials.

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Course OER Pearson Survey 167

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

And around 2017, publishers including Pearson that once used Knewton began to pull back. Combined, the two companies say they will have 44,000 textbook titles, many of which are expected to be added to the Unlimited library. Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 166

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

“Even if they love Pearson [textbooks], some faculty, when they saw some of the Cengage options, said, ‘This is pretty comparable, that’s fine,’” said Bernard Polnariev, assistant vice president for academic affairs at Union County College. “If If they felt that Cengage is not as strong and Pearson is better, they kept with the Pearson.”

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 144

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Knowledge organizations, ranging from libraries and museums to media companies and software makers, have entered the postsecondary marketplace, offering content, instruction and certification. It’s a nearly $4 billion industry worldwide with leaders such as 2U, Academic Partnerships, Bisk, Noodle, Pearson and Wiley Education Services.

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Online Learning Education Coursera Learning 180

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2022

“In terms of working with it, and finding out how it's going to work with the rest of our library, which was, again, one of the reasons why we didn't openly talk about it, because we're still in the process of integrating and figuring out how best it works in our library,” Morris says.

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OER Resources Education Course 161

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2019

Pearson spokesman Scott Overland pushed back against the idea that publisher software is outdated. Among her wishes is that the company continues to grow its content library, and add a graphing feature to support more types of math exercises. Daley, 39, says he has 12 paying pilot colleges, with 20 more coming onboard this fall.

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LMS EdTech Software Pearson 139

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Three of the country’s largest publishers, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, are suing Follett Corporation, a major textbook distributor, on charges of selling counterfeit textbooks in its stores. Other textbook distributors, including Chegg, Inc.

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Pearson Chegg Company Industry 100

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2020

But students at some colleges and universities still rely on print , which is a problem when bookstores and libraries have closed. Academic libraries have huge physical collections,” says Sherwood, 28. Pearson, one of the publishers featured on the platform, recently reported that its print U.S.

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Pearson Company eBook Libraries 127

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2024

Leaders in the sector, including 2U, Coursera and Keypath, never made a profit on the activity, and Pearson and Wiley sold off their OPM offshoots in recent months when the going got rough. According to edtech consultant Phil Hill in a recent blog post , most revenue-sharing ventures have either lost money or barely reached breakeven.

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Coursera Education Pearson Company 173

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine.

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Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 135

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Junior Alex DesRuisseaux and senior Jesus Garcia work in the library of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. As an example, Pearson offers a course in the criminal justice program. One of the learning outcomes for Policing in the Community might be “to understand the laws regarding domestic violence,” Pearson said.

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Pearson Personalized Learning Course Report 101

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

This week’s filing was made by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, or SPARC, and it says that in the short run, allowing the marriage of the companies would create a duopoly in the textbook market, with the new combined publisher rivaled in size only by Pearson.

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Advocacy Groups Pearson Education 132

techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2018

(Waltham, MA) October 24, 2018 — Dr. Marina Bers has been named the new department chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. Dr. Bers said, “I am honored to have been appointed as the new chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development.

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Pearson Study Robotics STEM 45

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

It has even tried partnering with publishers like Pearson to digitize their print materials, according to Silagadze. Should the Nelson deal pass, Top Hat will boast more than 1,000 titles in its library. More than 90 percent of its users are in the U.S., says Silagadze, although that proportion will be lower should the deal pass.

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Knewton Company Course OER 152

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Complaints and Lawsuits Public colleges and libraries are prohibited by law from discriminating against people with disabilities, as are private educational institutions that receive federal funds, including accepting students taking out federal loans.

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Social Media Accessibility CMS Facebook 124

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Are Libraries Ready to Code? Using a competitive selection process, the initiative funds coding programs in cohorts ( the most recent one gave more than $500,000 to 28 libraries in 21 states). When Dempsey typed, “I hate you!” Watson defty replied, “Ouch! That hurts you know. Let’s go back to my question.”

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Libraries Company Pearson Course 118

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The “ Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey ” gathered insights from 1,527 parents and guardians with children under 18 in two surveys during October and November 2023. We continue to be thrilled to see the vast majority of parents think that the public library is a safe place for their children.”

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Data EdTech Survey Libraries 114

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Not surprisingly, the district’s leaders decided to address their evolving account provisioning needs with a single sign-on (SSO) solution that would connect to its AD structure, and could be expanded into an online portal students and teachers could use to access a library of approved resources from any connected device.

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Data Pearson Case Study LMS 120

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 6, 2023

She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year. You can see some of Nino's work on Brian May's London Stereoscopic Company's website, in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan.

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Course Tools Libraries E-rate 82

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

MyON was previously a division of Capstone , which formed in 1990 as a print publisher serving schools and libraries. Today myON boasts a library of more than 13,000 digital titles, of which roughly 7,000 are available through partnerships with other publishers. Capstone provides the rest.)

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Pearson Company EdTech Libraries 74

TeacherCast

JULY 29, 2018

New Pearson Curriculum for Mixed Reality Headsets. Limitless Libraries Grant. Allowing students to share and amplify their voice through video. STEM Saturdays at retail stores. Office Online = FREE Apps! PowerPoint and 3D Animation. Augmented and Virtual Reality. Immersive Reader in Virtual Reality. About our Guest.

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Microsoft Pearson STEM Robotics 68

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 19, 2023

She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year. You can see some of Nino's work on Brian May's London Stereoscopic Company's website, in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan.

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Course Tools Libraries E-rate 68

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2021

Michael has held leadership positions in sales and marketing with Learning Bird, Follett Software Company, ETA hand2mind, Pearson, Cengage and McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Michael currently leads a team of advisors at Advancing Global EDU who focus on helping companies and organizations succeed in the business of education.

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Technology Tablets Pearson iPhone 98

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. Provide Access to K-12 Libraries. Instead of buying ten different supplementary learning materials for different subjects, students can make use of K-12 libraries, where all learning resources are stored.

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Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

a new version of the market-leading solution featuring significant enhancements to Destiny Library Manager, Destiny Discover, Destiny Resource Manager, and Destiny Analytics. SPLUNK AND PEARSON CERTIFICATION EXAM PROGRAM UPDATE ( www.splunk.com ) & ( www.pearsonvue.com ) Pearson VUE has entered into an agreement with Splunk Inc.

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Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 60

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2020

Join me for this free webinar with Jennifer Pearson, an American teacher who evacuated from China because of the coronavirus. Subscribe to the Shake Up Learning YouTube Channel and check out the video library. I have several recorded webinars available to watch on-demand at any time! Google Certification Resource page. Take a Tour!

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eBook Google Pearson Online Learning 101

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

For the start of the new school year, Savvas is pairing myView Literacy ©, its leading core K-5 literacy program, and Reading Spot , a digital library, with AMI’s Moby.Read. Moby.Read is also coupled with Reading Spot , a digital library that offers a curated collection of 3,500+ high-quality ebooks.

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Company Tools Assessment Pearson 70

Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 31, 2021

Remember taking index cards to the library? Here are detailed directions from Steph Pearson on how to set this up! Yes, you can create a form with a paragraph response and use it to take quick notes and save them in ONE location! Research Notecards. Then it will be organized in Google Sheet. SEL Check-Ins.

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Google Classroom Survey Assessment 101

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

New features include a web-based teacher console, automatic keyword library updates, GDPR compliance support, and more. PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education Impero will also discuss its recent update to Impero iSafeguard, its online safeguarding training solution for school staff.

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Blackboard Epson Pearson STEM 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference was a huge success, and all of the session recordings are posted on the site! CodeNow: Teaching Programming, Narrowing the Digital Divide Pearson and Knewton: Big Data and the Promise of Personalized Learning The Open Course Library & the Quest for the $30 College Textbook'

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Khan Academy Knewton Digital Divide Pearson 39

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 29, 2023

She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year. You can see some of Nino's work on Brian May's London Stereoscopic Company's website, in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan.

Libraries 48

Libraries E-rate Pearson Social Media 48

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

Kids Discover ‘s interactive digital library, Kids Discover Online, now includes custom assessment capabilities. Pearson has unveiled the Beta-4, the latest revision of a nonverbal measure of cognitive abilities in adults, originally developed by the U.S. History courses. Army during World War I.

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Trends Edmodo Pearson Assessment 40