The Learning Edge International Joins Pearson

The Learning Edge International has joined Pearson, a global leader in education, technology and services. Pearson’s mission is to increase access to educational opportunities and improve student outcomes worldwide.

The Learning Edge International and the EQUELLA software will play an important role in Pearson’s strategy to provide technologies that mediate the rapidly expanding use of digital resources across global education markets. The Learning Edge International will leverage Pearson’s global network and resources to extend EQUELLA’s impact, making the product the standard for digital content management worldwide.


Frequently Asked Questions

-  What is The Learning Edge International?
The Learning Edge International is a software company whose principal offering, EQUELLA, provides large-scale digital repositories for higher education and K12 institutions.

-  How does the EQUELLA software help educational institutions?
Many educational institutions already have large collections of highly valuable digital curriculum and research materials stored in legacy systems that are not readily accessible, shareable or measurable.  With EQUELLA, institutions have a unique solution that does not require changes to their legacy systems.  Institutions using EQUELLA are connected to multiple content repositories, enabling much more effective use of digital content by students, educators and administrators.

-  Why did The Learning Edge International join Pearson?
Pearson already has an existing relationship with The Learning Edge International to sell the EQUELLA software.  This expanded partnership will leverage Pearson’s global network and resources to extend EQUELLA’s impact, making the product the standard for digital content management worldwide.

-  What does Pearson bring to The Learning Edge International?
Pearson is a global leader in education, technology and services. Our mission is to increase access to educational opportunities and improve student outcomes worldwide.  The Learning Edge International and the EQUELLA software will play an important role in our strategy to provide technologies that mediate the rapidly expanding use of digital resources across global education markets.

-  How does this impact The Learning Edge International team going forward?
All of The Learning Edge International’s staff have been offered jobs with Pearson.  Client contacts will remain the same, including client support, consulting, sales and management.  We also expect to bring on additional staff to support our continued growth and drive greater client success.

-  Will The Learning Edge International’s product development process remain the same?
The Learning Edge International team reports in to Pearson eCollege International.  Their North American selling and support operations are being integrated into existing Pearson eCollege and Pearson Learning Solutions domestic operations.  The product development team will remain in Hobart, Tasmania.

-  Will The Learning Edge International remain an Australian company?
The Learning Edge International is now part of Pearson’s global education business and will continue to be based in Tasmania.

-  As part of Pearson, how will this affect The Learning Edge International’s subsidiaries, The Learning Edge North America and The Learning Edge Europe?
The EQUELLA product will continue to be promoted, implemented and supported worldwide.

-  How will EQUELLA integrate with Pearson products, e.g., Fronter and eCollege?
A key strength of EQUELLA is its interoperability with a range of third party solutions to enhance the eLearning environments at education institutions worldwide.  A Pearson eCollege integration has already been developed.  The Product Development teams for EQUELLA and at Pearson are working together to incorporate other Pearson products in the future.

-  Will EQUELLA continue to support integrations with other learning management systems?
Absolutely. Our commitment to delivering rich integrations with a variety of leading learning management systems is reinforced by the additional resources available as part of Pearson.

 

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