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November 1, 2011 02:33 pm GMT

Knewton Strikes A Deal To Power Pearsons Digital Education Courses

Pearson chartComing on the heels of its $33 million series D financing last month, adaptive learning startup Knewton is announcing a very large deal with one of its investors, educational publisher Pearson. One of the largest education publishers in the world, Pearson is also one of the leading digital publishers, with 9 million students using its digital textbooks and course materials. It reaches an estimated 75 percent of the digital learning market in higher education.Pearson will begin to use Knewton's adaptive learning algorithms to power its digital textbooks and online course materials. Knewton will begin with Pearson's MyLab and Mastering digital courseware, and become the adaptive learning engine behind all of Pearson's titles.

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