Can AI create effective learning tools for students?
October, 3, 2023 • Less than 1 minute read
Can AI create effective learning tools for students? Emerging research says yes.
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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.
September 12, 2017 • 1 minute read
By: Andy Cagle
One of the best things about my job is being able to go out and meet the faculty and administrators who are working to ensure all students have access to affordable course materials as part of initiatives to improve overall access to a college education. Even better than that is the opportunity to meet and talk to the students who benefit from the efforts.
I had such an opportunity last month at the University of Missouri, Columbia. There, we met with students, administrators, and faculty from the entire University of Missouri System about the program they have dubbed Auto Access.
Auto Access is a digital “Inclusive Access” program that places students’ course materials into the schools’ learning management systems (LMS) for students to access before the first day of class. Working with the campus stores, publishers, and the universities’ cashiers’ offices, students are then billed—at much-reduced cost—for the course materials. They don’t have to go out and buy their books; they are simply there at the lowest price possible.
The students we spoke to love the program. There is no guesswork about what the version of the text to buy. There is no shopping around to find the best price. Same went for the faculty. It is a huge win for them to go into each semester knowing their students had the required materials and they could hit the ground running teaching the material. One professor said he previously had students waiting almost five weeks into the semester to get their materials for his class and it slowed down the entire class’s academic progress.
In the very near future, we will be rolling out a written and video case study on the success the entire Missouri system has had with Auto Access—in terms of student success and cost savings. Be on the lookout for this great story.
October, 3, 2023 • Less than 1 minute read
By: VitalSource
Can AI create effective learning tools for students? Emerging research says yes.
May, 16, 2023 • Less than 1 minute read
By: Benny Johnson, Ph.D., Senior Director, Learning Science
In recent months, the topic of generative AI has taken over higher education. Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, hundreds of generative AI technologies have come...
March, 20, 2023 • Less than 1 minute read
By: Kent Freeman, Chief Executive Officer
Today we announced that VitalSource has acquired Akademos, a privately held company in Norwalk, CT and a leader in building technology to create efficient, cost-effective course...
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