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Startup Hopes to Shake Up Textbook Market By Encouraging a Mix-and-Match of Courseware

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The platform will be built on open-source software and materials that universities have already developed—mainly a combination of Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative’s platform, called Torus , and online materials from Arizona State University’s Center for Education Through eXploration, called ETX.

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EdSurge Live: Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 1)

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Thille: I am a big believer in using the data that we're abstracting from student work to benefit and support students in their learning, so we're highly alike about that. I work in a slightly different level than the work that Civitas works on, though, with the Open Learning Initiative. They must be peer-reviewable.