Dive Brief:
- University-funded consortium Unizin has acquired Courseload, adding an offering of digital content delivery that will increase the scope of existing services.
- Courseload created Courseload Engage, an e-reader tool that works with a range of printed content and includes collaboration and annotation functionality.
- In announcing the acquisition, Unizin said Courseload completes the association’s ability to support the entire path from content creation to delivery with analytics helping faculty ultimately improve instruction.
Dive Insight:
Unizin operates as an unincorporated association at Internet2, founded with initial investment from 10 university partners in 2014. An 11th institution has since joined the consortium, which includes a range of large, public, research universities. Unizin helps its member institutions increase their digital learning options on campus while studying them to track progress and student outcomes. Courseload launched as a disruptor to the traditional textbook model that it criticized as overpriced and out-of-touch with a tech-savvy student population.