Dive Brief:
- Junction Education, an ed tech startup that allows educators to create and customize courses with web-based content and learning tools, officially launched on Tuesday.
- Pilot schools that have included Mercy College, Bronx Community College, Hofstra University, Montclair State University, and Reynolds Community College.
- Vineet Madan, Junction Education’s founder, told Edukwest that he is particularly interested in online learning for community colleges, and he describes Junction as being like Flipboard for college courses.
Dive Insight:
Junction, based in Short Hills, NJ, describes itself as a behavioral learning platform with web and iPad apps. Among its features are auto-grading and assessments that instructors can use to monitor the progress of their students. Junction also has partnerships with BBC Worldwide Learning and CBS News for access to video content. Madan was a senior vice president at McGraw-Hill for two years, and two former presidents of McGraw-Hill, Robert Bahash and Peter Davis, are investors and advisers. Gary June, former chief marketing officer of Pearson Education, is also an adviser.