Cambridge University Press & Assessment has acquired CogBooks, an online learning technology company and leader in adaptive courseware, as it looks to help shape the future of education in an increasingly digital, post-COVID world.
The move will put Cambridge at the forefront of adaptive learning by bringing its renowned teaching and learning content and global reach together with CogBooks’ expertise in the field, its established platform and courseware.
The advanced adaptive capabilities of CogBooks’ technology tailors the delivery of content to each learner based on their engagement with the course. As they complete assignments and assessments and indicate their level of confidence in a topic, CogBooks adapts and responds accordingly, recommending the course material needed to optimize learning at that precise moment. This highly personalized approach combines adaptive instruction with learner agency to substantially improve learner engagement and achievement.
In acquiring CogBooks, Cambridge University Press & Assessment will continue to advance CogBooks' existing partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), where in addition to a number of other general education courses, the company partnered to build Biospine, the world’s first adaptive-learning biology degree program, funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Next Generation Courseware Challenge.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment plans to build on the relationship with ASU following the acquisition through additional content and courses, alongside developing new partnerships and opportunities. CogBooks’ other partners and customers will also benefit from its acquisition by Cambridge, through an expansion of product offerings and partnership opportunities in the coming months.
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