Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Introduces Learning with Big Data: The Future of Education
March 24 2014 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
New e-short from the authors of New York Times
bestseller Big Data examines the potential of data analytics to
transform the learning experience
Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today launched
Learning with Big Data: The Future of Education, an e-short by
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier, authors of the New
York Times bestselling book Big Data: A Revolution That Will
Transform How We Live, Work, and Think. The short e-book vividly
illustrates the transformative effect big data is having on the
learning process and sheds new light on visionary individuals and
companies that have marshaled big data to enhance the way we
learn.
Learning with Big Data highlights key examples of how teachers
are using data to measure student progress and optimize lessons to
individual learning styles. For example, Stanford computer science
professor Andrew Ng can now log every mouse-click his students make
and track the patterns by which students watch video lectures —
where they pressed pause or rewound. Through this data collection,
educators can alter and optimize their course materials or delivery
methods according to how their students learn best.
“HMH is proud of its commitment to lifelong learning,” said Gary
Gentel, President of HMH Trade & Consumer Publishing. “We are
excited to provide education industry partners, parents and anyone
interested in the education of our children with this valuable
resource, which takes a focused look at the vast possibilities
within the education space, and the efforts underway to create
dynamic and personalized classrooms.”
A finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year,
the original Big Data is now available in paperback and eBook. It
provides an in-depth look at how vast collections of information
are gathered and analyzed, and how this information ultimately
provides new insights regarding studies of economy, science, and
society at large.
Learning with Big Data is available for $2.99 at hmhco.com.
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