IFIM Institutions

Illuminate Education | August 25, 2020

New research released today by Illuminate Education indicates that students will likely experience 2 to 4 months of learning loss as a result of COVID-19 disruptions, with new analyses on the impact on grades K-2. These findings highlight a need for additional instructional support this fall. “The data are telling us what we already suspected: this fall, educators need to be ready to use the appropriate tools to identify and contend with student learning loss, particularly in grades K-2,&r...

Spectrum Enterprise | August 17, 2020

Spectrum Networks today announced its comprehensive, cross-platform coverage of the Democratic National Convention August 17 through August 20, and the Republican National Convention August 24 through August 27, exclusive to Spectrum subscribers, including internet-only subscribers. Leveraging its 30 plus linear news networks and the Spectrum News App, a new digital news platform, Spectrum News will provide a robust lineup of objective and exclusive programming to highlight the issues from the n...

vrfocus | April 14, 2020

The current coronavirus pandemic has massively influenced the way everyone lives their lives, with those who can, working from home while others can’t work at all. It’s the same for the education system, with parents now having to ensure their kids stay up to date thanks to schools creating at home syllabuses. To aid in this endeavour, US-based VictoryXR which creates virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) content for schools has teamed up with VR Education to help provide remote lear...

edsurge | January 23, 2020

Smart Sparrow, which provides course-authoring tools for faculty and instructional designers to build adaptive courseware, has found a new home in a much bigger nest. Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry pa...