2016 MichMATYC Fall Conference

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Presenter(s): Bacari Brown
Time: 10:00am-10:50am	Room: J130
Title: Knewton
Abstract: With Knewton, every student gets a more personal leraning experience. Teachers, schools, and education companies around the world use Knewton to power digital course materials that dynamically adapt to each student's unique needs. Knewton provides students with tailored recommendations for exactly what to study, teachers with analytics to better support each student, and publishers iwth content insights to develop more effective digital products.
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Biographical: Bacari K. Brown stared his career iwth Pearson Education where he held multiple roles in sales and product development. After nearly 10 years with Pearson, Bacari took on the challenge of helping to re-brand Cengage Learning (formerly Thompson Learning). For 4 years, Bacari worked with the Institutional Partnerships teams on strategic initiatives and innovative product models. In January of 2016, Jose Ferrara, founder of Knewton, hand-picked Bacari to become the first member of the Institutional Partnerships team at Knewton, to help raise awarenes for their new Direct to Institution Course Solutions.