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Elsevier | July 01, 2020

The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida (UF) and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, have agreed to a new pilot program to support open access (OA) publishing at UF. The agreement will support UF’s open access goals by providing the university’s researchers with incentives to publish OA articles. It also presents the opportunity to better understand researcher behavior and to learn from the resulting data—helping pro...

Education Technology

Brainscape | December 14, 2022

Brainscape, a leading web and mobile education app, is launching a new digital flashcard collection that offers a "free minimum viable education" in the basics every American should know about the world, but that they may not have learned in school or personal life experience. "From history's greatest artists, authors, and leaders to the spices, wines, flags, and capital cities of the world, and more, we have consulted with dozens of students, educ...

Online Education

PowerSchool | June 02, 2023

PowerSchool today announced Maryvit Education Center (MEC) in Chonburi, Thailand has expanded its use of PowerSchool Schoology Learning, a key component of the PowerSchool Personalized Learning Cloud, to support K-10 students at its new campus, which opened in May 2023. With MEC’s newest campus open for the 2023-24 school year, MEC teachers will have access to intuitive tools to improve student performance, collaboration, parental and family engagement, and standards tracking. <...

edsurge | March 17, 2020

Hotmart, a Belo Horizonte, Brazil-based platform to create and sell online courses, plans to buy Teachable, a similar company based in New York. The deal should close in the second quarter. Hotmart made the purchase to grow its presence in the U.S., according to an online post from Hotmart CEO João Pedro. Hotmart has 670 employees, mostly in Latin America and Europe, and will have about 800 should the deal close. Founded in 2011, Hotmart has grown to 60,000-plus creators selling 150,000-p...