Dive Brief:
- Adaptive learning provider Acrobatiq has secured $9.75 million in its latest funding round, including investment from Hearst Ventures, Draper Triangle Ventures, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- The money will support the growth of Acrobatiq's adaptive learning and analytics platform, and it will fund additional sales and marketing initiatives.
- Acrobatiq's cloud-based adaptive learning platform was developed using the latest cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and statistical analysis research from Carnegie Mellon.
Dive Insight:
Institutions that have specialized in online degrees are, in some ways, leading the charge to innovate with delivery methods, using adaptive technology to speed up or slow down lessons to meet the needs of students. Adaptive learning has the power to provide more enjoyable learning experiences for students and personalize the educational process so students can achieve better outcomes.
Teachers in elementary and secondary schools have historically personalized lessons for groups of students they identified at different levels. Now with technology to help sort, the opportunities for tailoring lesson plans is nearly unlimited, allowing more flexibility even at the post-secondary level.