Spruce wins TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon
Pearson were one of the sponsors at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this weekend, and our team were over in San Francisco talking to developers about Pearson APIs and how they can be used in their...
View ArticleThe gender divide in coding
Despite the rise in free coding courses, there is still a massive gender divide in programming. Girls typically like to collaborate, and programming isn’t thought of as “social” or particularly “cool”....
View ArticleSocial classroom
The “Social Classroom” prototype is a concept that explores the use of tablets in the classroom for collaboration on projects and sharing amongst work groups. It focuses on the social sharing element...
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Knoggins
Knoggins is a social learning mobile app, designed to encourage young people to test their knowledge and challenge their friends. Each player gets their own “Knoggin”, a customisable, visual...
View ArticlePearson announces a partnership with Exponential TechSpace and LearnLaunch
Pearson today announced a strategic partnership with Boston’s most influential edtech ecosystem players: Exponential TechSpace, an edtech entrepreneurship campus; LearnLaunch, provider of educational...
View ArticleAssembled Education at General Assembly
Pearson’s Future Technologies team sponsored General Assembly’s Assembled Education event – a full day of talks, panels, and networking dedicated to discussing the promotion and advancement of...
View ArticlePearson joins 1776’s Challenge Cup competition as lead education sponsor
Pearson today joined 1776, an incubator platform based in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the most promising global startups in education. As a corporate partner to 1776, Pearson will be the lead...
View ArticleFinancial Times gives students open access to its award-winning content on...
The Financial Times and Pearson today unveiled a new FT Education API that offers students and educators the opportunity to access free, award-winning content from the Financial Times. The API, created...
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Will SOOCs eat MOOCs for breakfast?
Cartoon: Dave Blazek At this year’s EdTech Europe summit, one theme was writ large in every panel discussion: are MOOCs really the magic bullet in opening access to education? Or are they – ask it...
View ArticleTalking open innovation
Our dev partnerships and innovations chief Diana Stepner will be at Chicago’s Open Innovation Summit at the end of next month, talking about the impact of creative disruption for major industry, the...
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