September 14, 2022 • 1 minute read
By: Mike Hale, Ph.D., Chief Learning and Content Officer
VitalSource has long been committed to increasing student success through easy access to affordable content. We also believe that if you can, you must improve learning for students and expand educational opportunities for all learners. Of course, we are not alone in this view and it is the reason many companies have built assessment-rich course materials.
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What’s the first thing you do when you get a new phone? How about a new computer? Customize! Customization and personalization are innate in today’s digital habits. Some people...
March 31, 2017 • 1 minute read
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March 26, 2017 • 1 minute read
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March 16, 2017 • 1 minute read
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March 8, 2017 • 1 minute read
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February 21, 2017 • 2 minute read
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February 3, 2017 • 2 minute read
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December 12, 2016 • 1 minute read
Last month, our own Mike Hale wrote about course-fee models as the way to ensure all college students had their required course materials on or before the first day of classes. As...
November 10, 2016 • 3 minute read
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October 31, 2016 • 2 minute read
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October 20, 2016 • 2 minute read
Part 2 of 2: The SolutionPreviously we discussed why course materials pricing had increases well beyond inflation, and why the dynamics of this market has hurt student success. If...
