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XanEdu launches a webinar series on First-Year Experience and College Success programs - why are they important, and what makes them successful

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

When is it OK to use AI?

Key Points: 
  • When is it OK to use AI?
  • This series will explore strategies and tactics for effective use of AI to transform teaching and learning, to build student engagement, and strategies to leverage AI to enhance studying.
  • While the series is geared toward the first-year experience community, the topics are applicable across all campus departments, and all faculty are welcome to attend.
  • Full webinar descriptions, dates, learning objectives, registration, and on-demand video links to past webinars can be found online at: https://www.xanedu.com/fye-webinars .

American Association of Teachers of German and XanEdu announce a new second edition of Augenblicke: German through Film, Media, and Text

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Augenblicke is an innovative and dynamic curriculum for teaching introductory and intermediate German published by AATG.

Key Points: 
  • Augenblicke is an innovative and dynamic curriculum for teaching introductory and intermediate German published by AATG.
  • Augenblicke is an innovative and dynamic curriculum for teaching introductory and intermediate German.
  • The program's systematic and contextualized language, culture, and grammar progression is structured around six themes essential to the 21st-century learner.
  • Themes include national identity, multilingualism, technological advancements, citizenship, environmentalism, history, commemorative culture, and artistic representations.

XanEdu launches a webinar series on First-Year Experience and College Success programs - why are they important, and what makes them successful

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

As higher education reflects and innovates, institutions are challenged to develop courses and programs that will work most effectively for their campuses' demographics, culture, and climate.

Key Points: 
  • As higher education reflects and innovates, institutions are challenged to develop courses and programs that will work most effectively for their campuses' demographics, culture, and climate.
  • With featured guest experts, the series addresses specific topics that can be an important part of First-Year Experience (FYE) programs such as Mental Health, Executive Functioning, Belonging, and more.
  • This series will feature Dr. Amy Baldwin, author of OpenStax College Success and College Success Concise, along with featured subject matter experts.
  • Full webinar descriptions, dates, learning objectives, and on-demand video links to past webinars can be found online at: https://www.xanedu.com/fye-webinars .

Open RN and XanEdu announce the release of Nursing Assistant in both low-cost print and free digital nursing textbook

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

LIVONIA, Mich., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, a custom publishing company working with the higher education and K-12 markets and a part of the Scholarus learning portfolio of companies, and Open RN, a provider of peer-reviewed, openly-licensed (OER) free nursing textbooks, announce the release of their latest nursing education textbook, Nursing Assistant in both low cost print and free digital versions.

Key Points: 
  • LIVONIA, Mich., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, a custom publishing company working with the higher education and K-12 markets and a part of the Scholarus learning portfolio of companies, and Open RN, a provider of peer-reviewed, openly-licensed (OER) free nursing textbooks, announce the release of their latest nursing education textbook, Nursing Assistant in both low cost print and free digital versions.
  • Working closely with Open RN, XanEdu now offers six nursing textbooks to students in low-cost print versions of the free digital textbooks developed by Open RN, giving students access to more options that suit their budget and course needs.
  • Other states and colleges are encouraged to adopt and customize these books for their specific requirements, to save students money re-purposing the high-quality Open RN base materials.
  • Open RN textbooks are offered in the areas of Nursing Pharmacology, Nursing Skills, Nursing Fundamentals, Mental Health & Community Concepts, Management & Professional Concepts, and now Nursing Assistant as well.

XanEdu and Scholarus Learning announce appointment of Jeff Shelstad to lead Higher Education business unit

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

LIVONIA, Mich., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu announces the appointment of Jeff Shelstad as Vice President and General Manager of their Higher Education business unit.

Key Points: 
  • LIVONIA, Mich., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu announces the appointment of Jeff Shelstad as Vice President and General Manager of their Higher Education business unit.
  • XanEdu is part of Scholarus Learning , a portfolio of companies providing educational products and services throughout the K-12 and Higher Education markets.
  • XanEdu and Scholarus Learning announce appointment of Jeff Shelstad to lead Higher Education business unit.
  • Jeff's entrepreneurial background and vast higher ed experience uniquely position him to navigate these challenges and lead our Higher Education business unit with tenacity, creativity and innovation" said Chad Bonney, CEO of XanEdu, a Scholarus Learning Company.

ReadWorks and XanEdu Announce Partnership to Enhance Summer Reading Offerings

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

LIVONIA, Mich., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ReadWorks, a leading provider of K-12 reading comprehension resources, and XanEdu, a provider of custom educational materials and e-learning solutions, today announced a partnership to bring high-quality and engaging summer reading comprehension resources to parents and educators.

Key Points: 
  • LIVONIA, Mich., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ReadWorks, a leading provider of K-12 reading comprehension resources, and XanEdu, a provider of custom educational materials and e-learning solutions, today announced a partnership to bring high-quality and engaging summer reading comprehension resources to parents and educators.
  • The new partnership builds on the strengths of both organizations; engaging content from ReadWorks and custom publishing and fulfillment from XanEdu.
  • Through the partnership, ReadWorks summer reading workbooks are now available for a small fee in print format for parents and teachers.
  • "The partnership with ReadWorks enhances our commitment to providing original content creators and educators with the most comprehensive and customizable course material options," said Brett Costello, Chief Business Development Officer of XanEdu.

XanEdu announces partnership with Stand for Children, the University of Michigan, and Great First Eight

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

LIVONIA, Mich., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, Inc., a provider of education content and curriculum services for K-12 and higher education, announces partnerships with the University of Michigan and Stand for Children Leadership Center to provide support services around the instructional materials required within the groundbreaking OER Great First Eight Curriculum. With development headquartered at the University of Michigan, supported by philanthropic funding, the Great First Eight Curriculum is a groundbreaking, full-day, open educational resource (OER) curriculum being developed for children birth through eight. 

Key Points: 
  • XanEdu partners with Stand for Children Leadership Center for classroom set fulfillment of Great First Eight Curriculum.
  • "XanEdu's unique suite of solutions allowed us to quickly and efficiently provide the materials that schools need to implement Great First Eight successfully.
  • XanEdu will continue to work with Great First Eight as we expand implementation to other age/grade levels to scale highly effective curriculum materials."
  • To learn more about Stand For Children and their mission to support education and equity, visit https://stand.org/ .

Scholarus Learning announces appointment of Byron Adams to lead Tripod business unit

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Monday, February 6, 2023

LIVONIA, Mich., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholarus Learning , a portfolio of companies providing educational products and services throughout the K-12 and Higher Education markets, announces the appointment of Byron Adams as the Vice President of the Tripod business unit.

Key Points: 
  • LIVONIA, Mich., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholarus Learning , a portfolio of companies providing educational products and services throughout the K-12 and Higher Education markets, announces the appointment of Byron Adams as the Vice President of the Tripod business unit.
  • Scholarus Learning announces appointment of Byron Adams to lead survey and analytics business unit, Tripod.
  • Tripod has been a leader in K-12 classroom and community assessments for more than 20 years.
  • Tripod has been part of the Scholarus Learning portfolio since 2021.