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OnlineMedEd Announces New Chief Executive Officer

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OnlineMedEd, a leading digital healthcare curriculum company, announced today that it has hired a new Chief Executive Officer while simultaneously raising a new round of funding.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OnlineMedEd, a leading digital healthcare curriculum company, announced today that it has hired a new Chief Executive Officer while simultaneously raising a new round of funding.
  • He capped a 17-year tenure at McGraw-Hill Education as Chief Sales Officer, where he earned a reputation for building and commercializing innovative technologies across the higher education landscape.
  • He then served as Chief Product Officer at Knewton, an AI-driven learning company that was subsequently sold to Wiley.  Most recently, Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer of Encoura, where he focused on equity and access to postsecondary education opportunities for all, emphasizing underserved populations.
  • Recently, OnlineMedEd also closed a new funding round led by Lumos Capital Group.

Wiley Broadens Access to Knewton Alta in Mathematics

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

(NYSE:JWA) (NYSE:JWB) today announced it will broaden access to its Knewton Alta Foundations of Math course that covers the entire developmental math curriculum content that is critical for learners to advance in their future academic and professional achievements.

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  • (NYSE:JWA) (NYSE:JWB) today announced it will broaden access to its Knewton Alta Foundations of Math course that covers the entire developmental math curriculum content that is critical for learners to advance in their future academic and professional achievements.
  • Beginning in May 2021, the Knewton Alta Foundations of Math course will be freely available to students whose higher ed institution has adopted Knewton Alta for a developmental and gateway math & statistics sequence.
  • At Wiley, our goal is to improve access to high quality education and empower learners to enter the fields that are driving our global economy forward, said Matt Leavy, Executive Vice President, Wiley in Education Publishing.
  • With the companys acquisition of Knewton Alta last year, Wiley continues to be a source of tech-enabled content, platforms and services that together help learners achieve their goals in new and powerful ways.

Wiley Lowers Cost of WileyPLUS Courseware That Boosts Student Success

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWA) (NYSE:JWB), a global leader in research and education, announced today it has lowered prices for its online courseware platform, WileyPLUS.

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  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWA) (NYSE:JWB), a global leader in research and education, announced today it has lowered prices for its online courseware platform, WileyPLUS.
  • With the launch of Wiley Advantage Pricing, students will pay $69 per term for most WileyPLUS courseware products.
  • The launch of Wiley Advantage Pricing is an important next step in our commitment to lower costs, while continuing to deliver high-impact, high-quality courseware.
  • With the acquisitions of zyBooks and Knewton, Wiley is accelerating its position in the rapidly growing affordable courseware market.

Wiley Launches Mastery-Based Adaptive Courseware for Calculus

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), a global leader in research and education, today announced the launch of Knewton Alta Calculus, a fully-digital, mastery-based adaptive learning product.

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  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), a global leader in research and education, today announced the launch of Knewton Alta Calculus, a fully-digital, mastery-based adaptive learning product.
  • Developed to address these barriers, Knewton Alta Calculus provides an interactive experience tailored to each students learning process, skill-level and syllabus requirements.
  • While all students using Knewton Alta Calculus start on the same assigned topic, each path to mastery is unique.
  • In 2019, Wiley acquired Knewton and its courseware solution to expand its offering in adaptive learning technology and affordable courseware.

Wiley Signs Agreement to Purchase the Assets of Knewton

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Monday, May 6, 2019

Headquartered in New York City, Knewton has developed an advanced learning system demonstrated to deliver highly-personalized learning experiences that drive superior outcomes.

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  • Headquartered in New York City, Knewton has developed an advanced learning system demonstrated to deliver highly-personalized learning experiences that drive superior outcomes.
  • The acquisition of the Alta platform, combined with Wileys reach, will accelerate Wileys position in the rapidly-growing, affordable courseware market.
  • The Knewton team have long been pioneers in digital and data-driven learning and now they are leading the way in the delivery of powerful, affordable courseware, said Brian Napack, President and CEO of Wiley.
  • Knewton puts achievement within reach for everyone through adaptive learning technology and products that deliver personalized and lasting learning experiences.

Knewton launches Altapass, an all-access pricing option, making Alta even more affordable for students

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

By introducing thenew pricing options, Knewton is making Alta even more affordable and accessible, helping to put achievement within reach for the students who need it most.

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  • By introducing thenew pricing options, Knewton is making Alta even more affordable and accessible, helping to put achievement within reach for the students who need it most.
  • Students may still purchase access to a single Alta course via monthly subscription for $9.95 per month.
  • Now, we're making it even more affordable and accessible, so that the students who need Alta the most can benefit from its impact on learning outcomes," said Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton.
  • When students get a question wrong in Alta, 38% of the time, they engage with the personalized instruction Alta provides.

Squirrel AI Learning Attends Tech Crunch Disrupt, Explains How AI Revolutionizes Education

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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Joleen Liang, partner at Squirrel AI Learning by Yixue Group, a Chinese AI education unicorn, attended the conference on invitation.

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  • Joleen Liang, partner at Squirrel AI Learning by Yixue Group, a Chinese AI education unicorn, attended the conference on invitation.
  • Joleen Liang, partner at Squirrel AI Learning, told the audience how AI can change the world comprehensively and revolutionize traditional industries.
  • Squirrel AI Learning is the first technology company in Asia Pacific to apply AI intelligent adaptive learning technology in K12 education.
  • Squirrel AI Learning's scientistsare from Knewton, Realizeit, ALEKS and other global AI education unicorns.

Johns Hopkins University study draws link between Knewton's Alta and improved learning outcomes

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Monday, January 7, 2019

The findings, which Knewton has published in their entirety, confirm an association between Alta and improvements in student outcomes across ability levels.

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  • The findings, which Knewton has published in their entirety, confirm an association between Alta and improvements in student outcomes across ability levels.
  • As part of the company's commitment to transparency regarding Alta's impact on learning outcomes, Knewton shared its fully anonymized Fall 2017 data with the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
  • The results of this internal analysis strongly suggested a predictive and associative link between Alta and improved student performance.
  • Knewton puts achievement within reach for everyone through adaptive learning technology and products that deliver personalized and lasting learning experiences.

Knewton secures $25 million in funding, fueling company's efforts to put achievement in reach for all learners with Alta

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

"What Knewton has accomplished with Alta in less than eight months is remarkable.

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  • "What Knewton has accomplished with Alta in less than eight months is remarkable.
  • In 2017, Knewton invested in making Alta accessible to all learners, achieving WCAG 2.0 AA-level ADA compliance across Alta's technology, content and user experience.
  • By leveraging high quality, openly available content, Knewton is able to offer Alta to students for only $44 per course.
  • Knewton puts achievement within reach for everyone through adaptive learning technology and products that deliver personalized and lasting learning experiences.

Zohar Yardeni Joins XO Group as Executive Vice President, Product

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Monday, July 30, 2018

(NYSE: XOXO) announced today that Zohar Yardeni is joining the company as Executive Vice President, Product.

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  • (NYSE: XOXO) announced today that Zohar Yardeni is joining the company as Executive Vice President, Product.
  • "We're thrilled to welcome Zohar to the XO family," said Mike Steib, CEO of XO Group.
  • Yardeni was most recently a Product Manager at Facebook, where he led several product teams in the Local organization.
  • Prior, Yardeni led product as well as design, content, and data teams as Chief Product Officer at Knewton and VP of Product at ZocDoc.