Roundup: Cengage Learning Acquires a D.C.-Based Ed Tech Company, Partners With Follett, and Launches New Book Club
The following announcements from Cengage Learning and from Follett were made in the past 24 hours.
1. Cengage Learning Acquires Learning Objects
Learning Objects powers innovative, customized and adaptive online learning programs and courses to higher education institutions through its state-of-the-art learning platform and instructional design services.
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2. Follett Partners With Cengage’s National Geographic Learning
Follett has partnered with National Geographic Learning (NGL), part of Cengage Learning, to provide its customers with convenient access to NGL’s catalog of textbooks and supplemental materials in both print and digital form.
3. Cengage Learning Introduces National Geographic Learning Book Club for K-8 Classrooms
National Geographic Learning (NGL), part of Cengage Learning, today unveiled the National Geographic Learning Book Club for K-8 classrooms. The book club offers more than 360 titles from the National Geographic Kids collection of best-selling books to support disciplinary learning across science, mythology, history and outer space.
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.