Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced a new agreement allowing access to a selection of SAGE textbooks through the eBook platform and social annotation tool Perusall.
Perusall allows students and instructors to annotate digital texts together, connect with other classmates, and respond to questions directly on the text before coming to class, enabling students to come to class better prepared.
Based on extensive research developed by researchers at Harvard University, the platform allows students to annotate readings and asynchronously respond to each other's comments and questions. It then uses data analytics from these interactions to generate optimal student groupings and personalized guidance; grades for student engagement; motivators such as positive feedback to help students to stay on track; and 'Student Confusion Reports' for professors – one-page summaries of concepts and passages students had trouble with or most engaged with, along with selected examples of the best annotations.
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