Education
October 15, 2015 at 11:52 am
Despite advancements in technology and access to information, literacy remains a huge issue in K-12 schools throughout the world. “Reading achievement is persistently low,” says Todd Brekhus, president of myON™. “Only 35% of all fourth graders, 36% of eighth graders and, 38% of twelfth graders read proficiently.” To help students overcome these literacy challenges, myON,…
October 13, 2015 at 2:22 pm
The hidden cost of college textbooks can be a surprise for many students in higher education. The cost may soon be a worry of the past if the Affordable College Textbook Act passes. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and Minnesota Senator Al Franken have worked together to create the Affordable College Textbook Act, hoping to provide…
October 12, 2015 at 2:07 pm
For school and college students, buying textbooks could burn a hole in their pocket. Here is an alternative — buy chapters and learn on the go. Traditional textbook publishers are offering textbooks as modules or chapters in electronic form to students by joining hands with technology start-ups. For example, a module could cost as low…
September 30, 2015 at 2:19 pm
I wish to describe a situation that I often come across and then try to explain how it came about. What are its implications for scholarly communications and library consortia in particular, and can we project into the future to think about how this situation could evolve? So here is the situation. Please note that…
September 24, 2015 at 2:56 pm
If you are an edtech entrepreneur, it is hard not to be impressed by the vital statistics of Latin America as a potential market: 600 million people speaking just two main languages, 20 key cities, focused on countries such as Brazil and the Pacific Alliance countries of Chile, Peru, Mexico and Columbia and a generation…
September 23, 2015 at 2:17 pm
WASHINGTON, DC and BOSTON—September 22, 2015—Cengage Learning, a leading global education company, today announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company. Learning Objects powers innovative, customized and adaptive online learning programs and courses to higher education institutions through its state-of-the-art learning platform and instructional design services. With Learning Objects, institutions are…
September 23, 2015 at 1:12 pm
With textbook prices rising faster than inflation, more and more universities (and even state-wide university systems) are adopting free and open-source textbooks. And now the idea has taken hold in Canada. Earlier this month the province of Manitoba announced its new Open Textbook Initiative, a program to provide freely licensed OER textbooks to college students.
September 21, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Linda Zecher wants to put Carmen Sandiego and Curious George to work. Zecher, the chief executive at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co., is pushing the Boston textbook publisher beyond the classroom and into people’s homes by mining a treasure trove of curious monkeys, hairy-toed hobbits, and other characters from the company’s small, but venerable trade book…
September 15, 2015 at 1:10 pm
The digital revolution invaded the research space earlier and more quickly than other areas of publishing. In many ways, we’re a bit further along on the digital transition and with that we hope comes good insight into what the next big thing might be...
September 15, 2015 at 12:25 pm
Book Business forged new ground last year with the creation of our first ever “Big Ideas” Issue. The special issue invited thought leaders in the book industry to share the big ideas they believe will shape the future of publishing. While we typically focus on strategic advice that can help book publishers run their businesses…
