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Labster and OpenStax Partner to Expand Equitable Access to Interactive Science Learning

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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“Making science education more accessible to all learners everywhere has been Labster’s core vision since its founding.

Key Points: 
  • “Making science education more accessible to all learners everywhere has been Labster’s core vision since its founding.
  • “Partnering with Labster as one of our valued OpenStax Allies enables the OpenStax library of peer-reviewed, customizable, free digital science content to connect directly with Labster’s immersive learning platform for science simulations.
  • OER and OpenStax have become central to the learning materials landscape for postsecondary courses.
  • Instructors and program leaders can contact Labster with their course title and learning objectives or an existing syllabus and they will receive a syllabus that aligns their topics with relevant OpenStax chapters and Labster science simulations.

Open Education Pioneer Taps Educational Video Platform to Boost Student Engagement; Increase Access to High-Quality Learning Materials

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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BOSTON, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boclips, the world's largest curated educational video distribution platform, today announced a new initiative designed to boost student engagement in college and high school courses using OpenStax high quality resources. Thanks to a new partnership with the social annotation platform Perusall, educators nationwide can now access Boclips' rich library of videos and podcasts aligned to OpenStax resources across a wide range of academic subjects.

Key Points: 
  • Using Perusall's platform, educators can annotate text, create assignments, ask students questions, and monitor engagement with material and videos to facilitate a more engaging learning experience.
  • "Today, it's more important than ever to find creative ways to expand access to video content that is relevant, accessible, and curated to suit a given curriculum.
  • Perusall shares our vision of expanding access to high-quality learning materials, and we look forward to collaborating with them in support of educators and learners nationwide."
  • He continues, "This partnership underscores our commitment to serving the needs and preferences of the students and instructors we serve."

New Kiddom Partnerships Offer Districts Phenomenon-Based Science Curricula for Grades 6-12 in English and Spanish

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Monday, January 8, 2024
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As such, we are exceptionally pleased to announce partnerships with OpenSciEd, OpenStax, Labster, and Slooh."

Key Points: 
  • As such, we are exceptionally pleased to announce partnerships with OpenSciEd, OpenStax, Labster, and Slooh."
  • OpenSciEd is a core curriculum where students engage in science exploration through phenomenon-based, three-dimensional units that prioritize understanding and sensemaking.
  • With Kiddom, teachers using these high quality science solutions will leverage time-saving lesson planning and instructional delivery tools, including actionable student performance reporting.
  • All Kiddom Science curricula, including the Texas, Florida, and Tennessee editions, will be available for the 2024-25 school year.

PhotoStudy Maker GotIt! Announces MathGPT Platform for Content Publishers and Educators with GPT-based Personalized AI for Interactive Text, Audio, and Video Learning

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GotIt!, the publisher of PhotoStudy, the first on-demand micro-tutoring network developed by Hung Tran and the GotIt! team in 2015 at Peter Relan's YouWeb Incubator, announced today that the recently announced MathGPT project will be broadened to a platform for a variety of applications in Math education. These applications include next generation textbook publishing and video content publishing, personalized tutoring, teacher assignments and assessments, and even classroom teaching. They will be based on OpenAI's recently announced ChatGPT API plus a layer of GotIt!'s proprietary AI models, training techniques, and human-in-the-loop network for extremely accurate and engaging content. An example of an interactive video tutoring application for an OpenStax algebra textbook can be found here.

Key Points: 
  • Multi-Modal MathGPT Platform to combine ChatGPT and an interactive audio and video AI for Math learning applications including textbook publishing, personalized tutoring, content publishing, assessment tools, and teacher training tools.
  • These applications include next generation textbook publishing and video content publishing, personalized tutoring, teacher assignments and assessments, and even classroom teaching.
  • With the MathGPT Platform, learners will be able to learn any topic, any time from any teaching persona's video character approved by the MathGPT Platform.
  • Content publishers will be able to bring their content into the MathGPT Platform for delivery through a Generative AI model.

THE MATH TRANSLATOR ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH OPENSTAX

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Math Translator, who provides an extensive collection of textbook-aligned video instruction specific to the OpenStax math textbooks, is announcing a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to education for all students by providing free, high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks.  With hundreds of lecture videos and thousands of homework exercise videos aligned to each section of each chapter in every book, The Math Translator will help OpenStax address student demand for high-quality video instruction in mathematics.

Key Points: 
  • The Math Translator, the world's only comprehensive video lecture resource tailored specifically to the OpenStax math textbooks, announces strategic partnership with OpenStax, addressing student demand for high-quality video instruction.
  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Math Translator, who provides an extensive collection of textbook-aligned video instruction specific to the OpenStax math textbooks, is announcing a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to education for all students by providing free, high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks.
  • With hundreds of lecture videos and thousands of homework exercise videos aligned to each section of each chapter in every book, The Math Translator will help OpenStax address student demand for high-quality video instruction in mathematics.
  • To learn more about The Math Translator, register for a free webinar on February 8th, 2023 at 9am PST.

PhotoStudy announces ChatGPT-like Chatbot for Math Textbooks and their Publishers

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Friday, January 27, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PhotoStudy, the first on-demand micro-tutoring platform and service developed by Hung Tran in 2015, announced today that it has successfully used OpenAI's GPT APIs  to train a ChatGPT-like chatbot to teach a complete elementary algebra textbook as a chatbot, with extremely high accuracy. Textbook publishers and teachers can now transform their textbooks and teaching with a ChatGPT-like assistant that can teach all the material in a textbook, assess student progress, provide personalized help in weaker areas, generate quizzes with support for text, images, audio and ultimately a student customized avatar for video interaction. Interested independent, small or large publishers are invited to contact the PhotoStudy team to join the private beta for transforming their textbooks into next generation experiences, at mathgpt.photostudy.co

Key Points: 
  • We also want to support teachers and schools with the content they are already teaching, yet transform textbook publishing: textbooks are not inexpensive.
  • But now there is an inexpensive way to get the most out of Project "MathGPT," said Hung Tran, Founder of PhotoStudy.
  • "We know that ChatGPT-like experiences are challenged when it comes to Math," said Raghav Rastogi, principal data scientist and AI lead for PhotoStudy.
  • The company plans to introduce MathGPT with one or two of the most popular math textbooks for Fall 2023, working with the publishers.

Boclips, the world's largest educationally curated video platform, announces strategic partnership with OpenStax, addressing student demand for video-enriched content

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Boclips pedagogically maps 1000s of videos to OpenStax textbooks, helping users address student demand for rich media.

Key Points: 
  • Boclips pedagogically maps 1000s of videos to OpenStax textbooks, helping users address student demand for rich media.
  • "The digital transformation of the education industry has illuminated both the value and the demand for video-based learning experiences," said David Bainbridge, Founder and CEO of Boclips.
  • As stakeholders rethink how education should look today, it's crucial they hear the student calls for modernization and flexible modes of learning."
  • Boclips is the industry's trusted destination for rich media that are vetted for quality, sourced from leading creators, and curated to academic standards.

Aktiv Learning Chosen as a Supporting Partner of New OpenStax Organic Chemistry Textbook from John McMurry

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Thursday, August 11, 2022
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aktiv Learning, maker of the leading active learning platform for STEM disciplines, today announced an agreement with Open Educational Resource provider OpenStax to make the company a supporting technology partner of the forthcoming new edition of Organic Chemistry by renowned educator John McMurry.

Key Points: 
  • In 2021, Aktiv Chemistry expanded support for Organic Chemistry courses with the introduction of its groundbreaking AktivGrid drawing system.
  • "We are honored to be working with OpenStax and John McMurry on this historic project," said Dr. Justin Weinberg, Co-founder & CEO of Aktiv Learning.
  • "The Aktiv Chemistry platform is transformative due to its groundbreaking and intuitive AktivGrid drawing system for Organic Chemistry courses," said David Harris, Editor-in-Chief of OpenStax.
  • Chemistry instructors and faculty can sign up to be the first to receive information about Aktiv's integration with the OpenStax Organic Chemistry textbook.

Outlier.org Partners with Amazon, Chromebook, NACAC, Jobs for the Future, and Other Mission-Aligned Organizations to Launch Free "College Success" Course

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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Outlier.org,an online education platform dedicated to reducing student debt and increasing access to quality higher education, announced the launch of College Success, a free online course designed to help college students thrive during undergrad.

Key Points: 
  • Created as a public service with the goal of increasing college retention and graduation rates, this free course is available to anyone with an internet connection.
  • Instructors also provide in-depth guidance on time management, paying for school (and life), and finding a deeper purpose in learning.
  • Outlier.org believes that it is critical to help all potential college students make the most of their experience and investment.
  • This group, coined the College Success Network, also includes Niche, OpenStax, Jobs for the Future, Big Picture Learning and upGrad as initial launch partners.

XanEdu announces the launch of FlexEd courseware for OpenStax' American Government Second Edition

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, an educational products and services company working with the higher education and K-12 markets, is pleased to announce the addition of OpenStax American Government Second Edition to their expanding FlexEd courseware portfolio.

Key Points: 
  • ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, an educational products and services company working with the higher education and K-12 markets, is pleased to announce the addition of OpenStax American Government Second Edition to their expanding FlexEd courseware portfolio.
  • "We are excited to add American Government to the flourishing portfolio of FlexEd courseware."
  • The growing range of FlexEd titles includes OpenStax' U.S. History Complete, Principles of Economics, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Sociology, and Introduction to Biology.
  • XanEdu has been increasing student engagement and enhancing learning outcomes since 1999 by delivering innovative solutions across the education spectrum.