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Acrobatiq, a leading learning optimization company in the fast growing adaptive learning market, announced today at EDUCAUSE 2015 the launch of its Smart Author™ Adaptive Learning Platform – the first in a new generation of enterprise-level course authoring and data analytics solutions for higher education institutions to rapidly develop, deliver and continuously improve high quality online courses and programs.
Acrobatiq Smart Author enables
best practices in data-driven instructional design through easy-to-use,
web-based tools for the development of outcomes models; rich content and
assessment tied to outcomes; adaptive course delivery; and powerful
analytics showing who is learning and who is not, which content works
and which content does not, and where to focus time in making
improvements.
Institutions can use Smart Author
to extend high-quality educational access online through instructionally
effective and mobile-ready seat or competency-based programs; to
facilitate blended instruction where foundational learning occurs online
and outside the classroom; and to improve learning outcomes in "red
flag" or traditionally high failure courses by developing "smart"
courseware that personalizes student learning.
Acrobatiq's approach to learning
optimization has roots in 12 years of groundbreaking cognitive and
learning sciences research from Carnegie Mellon University's
Open Learning Initiative, and is proven to produce measurable
improvements in student outcomes including reduced time spent to achieve
equal or greater learning gains.
"Historically, building adaptive
courseware required partnering faculty with cognitive and data
scientists, instructional designers, and software developers. With Smart
Author, we built those functions right into the tool, so we can now get
out of the way and let institutions and faculty develop their own
data-driven, adaptive courses," said Eric Frank, Acrobatiq CEO.
Features of Smart Author include
tools to develop outcomes models, pre-built page layout templates, an
intuitive WYSIWYG authoring interface, and more than 25 embeddable
activity types designed to enable students to receive immediate and
targeted feedback. Using predictive analytics, courseware created with
Smart Author collects, analyzes and models student learning data.
Dashboards show, in real time, objectives and concepts that students
find difficult to master, pinpoint at-risk students, and enable
educators to provide targeted interventions at the point of need.
Acrobatiq Smart Author is a
cloud-based software-as-a-service solution, purchased as an annual
subscription and supported by professional services to ensure successful
and sustainable implementation.
For more information on Acrobatiq's solutions for higher education, or to request a meeting, please visit www.acrobatiq.com/about/contact.
About Acrobatiq
Acrobatiq is a learning optimization and analytics company backed by Carnegie Mellon University, helping educators and academic leaders develop, deliver and continually improve high quality and instructionally effective online learning programs and degrees.
Building on CMU's historic
strengths in learning science, and the Open Learning Initiative's
evidence-based research in online learning, Acrobatiq's Smart Author™
Adaptive Learning Platform, Professional Services, and portfolio of
Smart Courseware™ content, enable the rapid development and
cost-effective delivery of online learning that adapts to the needs of
each learner. Predictive insights generated from student learning data
provide educators and other key stakeholders – in real time – with
detailed information about which students need help, and where,
improving student achievement.
Source: PR Newswire (press release)
