Cengage Learning
November 1, 2016 at 12:03 pm
Roy Lindemann co-founded text-to-speech company ReadSpeaker in 1999. Today, a technology that 18 years ago may have seemed liked science fiction is used by some of the biggest names in educational publishing. Discovery Education and Cengage Learning use ReadSpeaker to increase students’ understanding and recall of their digital content, whether they’re dyslexic, prone to learn better and recall…
October 25, 2016 at 12:29 pm
WASHINGTON — October 25, 2016 — Learning Objects, a Cengage company, today announced the full release and availability of its Competency-Based Learning (CBL) Platform. Streamlining the development of competency-based programs, the platform is an end-to-end experience including competency dashboards, personalized learning activities, extended transcripts and evidence portfolios. Designed to support programs built around learning goals…
September 29, 2016 at 2:09 pm
Academic libraries continue to add to their ebook collections, but while ebooks are becoming the preferred format for reference materials, many students still prefer to read and study monographs and textbooks in print, according to “Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries 2016,” a survey conducted by Library Journal and sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning. Forty-seven percent of…
May 4, 2016 at 2:41 pm
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — May 4, 2016 — Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, has launched Gale Interactive: Science, a new digital science resource available now for schools. This new product uses innovative technology to combine Gale’s curriculum-aligned research content with interactive 3D models from partner Cyber Science 3D, to help students understand science beyond…
April 29, 2016 at 2:00 pm
"The hallways" is a term you may know well if you’ve spent much time at publishing conferences. It refers to the conversations that happen during coffee breaks, lunch hours, and before and after formal sessions: the networking. Rüdiger Wischenbart’s Publishers’ Forum here in Berlin is known for its good “hallways,” lots of break time to…
April 28, 2016 at 12:55 pm
BOSTON — April 26, 2016 — Cengage Learning Chief Communications Officer Sandi Kirshner today announced the appointment of Daniel Sieger to the role of Senior Vice President of Brand Strategy. In this capacity, Sieger will lead all brand innovation efforts aimed at building meaningful connections between Cengage Learning and key stakeholders across the academic, business…
April 19, 2016 at 2:26 pm
As trade publishing industry specialists focus on their own progress and challenges, you often catch a voice somewhere in the room saying something along the lines of, “We could sure learn a lot from somebody in the educational sector about now.” Michael E. Hansen is just such a person, not least because prior to becoming…
April 5, 2016 at 2:14 pm
NEW YORK and FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — April 4, 2016 — Rosen Publishing today announced an exclusive agreement with Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, for rights to the Greenhaven Press, Lucent Books, and KidHaven Press imprints. Rosen Publishing will be responsible for creating and selling new titles under each of these brands and will…
March 2, 2016 at 1:39 pm
Education’s ongoing shift toward digital content and learning experiences has pushed entrenched textbook publishers to try to reinvent themselves as software companies. Boston-based Cengage Learning, one of those industry stalwarts, seems to be making progress on that transformation. CEO Michael Hansen projects that digital products will make up the majority of Cengage’s revenue within two…
January 8, 2016 at 1:15 pm
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.—January 7, 2016—Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, is offering three new science products for academic and school libraries. The products are designed to help students understand science beyond the text, and combine Gale’s curriculum-aligned reference content with partner CyberScience’s interactive 3D models to bring science learning to life. Two products, geared primarily…
