Education services provider Pearson, US, and the Eminata Group, one of Canada’s largest providers of independent, post-secondary education, has announced that students at institutions under the Eminata umbrella will receive all of their course content via the Apple iPad. The agreement is reportedly the largest post-secondary institutional initiative for iPad-based eTextbooks in North America.
Beginning September 1, 2011, students at CDI College, Vancouver Career College and Reeves College will begin receiving all of their course content via Pearson’s eText for iPad app. Hundreds of Pearson textbooks will be delivered in the eText for iPad platform, Pearson’s premier electronic book technology.
The iPad-based eTextbooks are currently being piloted at CDI College in Calgary North and Vancouver Career College in Coquitlam in the Accounting and Payroll Administration programme. Over the next three years, all programmes will be converted to digital delivery to meet the diverse needs of students inside and outside the classroom.
Pearson’s eText for iPad app presents digital content in the same high resolution as on a computer, even when pages are zoomed, and displays perfect fidelity to the print book. In fiscal year of 2012 the Eminata Group will serve more than 14,000 enrollments at 38 campuses in 22 cities across Canada, offering comprehensive programmes in business, healthcare, technology, and art and design.
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