Interactive Features from Kno Bring Major Higher Ed Textbook Publisher’s Content to Life
Kno, a pioneer in education software, announced that it has partnered
with leading global publishing company, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:
JWa, JWb), to provide more choice for college students heading back to
school this fall. The new partnership with Wiley’s Global Education
business will provide Kno with a range of higher education digital
content, including top titles from business, engineering, mechanics,
organic chemistry, physics, and trigonometry. Kno offers more than
200,000 interactive K-12 and university digital titles from over 65
textbook publishers. Kno textbooks are available for the iPad, Android,
Web and Windows 7.
“Our partnership with Kno will enhance the learning experience by
allowing students to engage with our academic content in new ways,” says
Joe Heider, Wiley’s Senior Vice President, Global Education. By offering
our learning materials in a wide variety of formats and media and
through different purchase and access options, we are able to better
meet their diverse educational and budgetary needs and empower them to
succeed.”
Wiley’s collection of leading higher education titles, including Psychology
in Action, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology,Contemporary
Business and Professional Cooking, will be enhanced
with videos, Flash Cards, Social Sharing, and other interactive
features, helping students to learn more efficiently and effectively.
“This partnership with Wiley Global Education will provide students with
some of the most widely used titles they need as they head back to
school this fall,” said Mark Williams, Vice President of Sales, Kno,
Inc. “Wiley’s respected position as a leader in higher education
publishing, combined with Kno’s digital interactive features, provides
students with the learning tools they need to achieve their academic
goals.”
Kno is transforming the way both K-12 and higher education students
learn by making educational content available on the broadest selection
of devices at the lowest possible cost. The company is committed to
making learning available and flexible by tailoring it to each student's
learning style.
Kno combines the best of a physical textbook along with more than 70
interactive features including a Course Manager to organize textbooks by
course, chapter preview to visually navigate pages, and innovative
features such as 3D, Smart Links, Journal, Smart Search and Social
Sharing, which are engineered to increase students’ learning potential
and retain the most important information.
About Kno Inc.
Kno, Inc. is an education software company on a mission to make learning
engaging, effective, and social for students. Osman Rashid (http://twitter.com/osmanrashid),
the co-founder of Chegg, and Babur Habib (https://twitter.com/BaburHabib),
a consumer electronics veteran, founded Kno, Inc. in May 2009. The
company has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Intel Capital,
Goldman Sachs, FLOODGATE and GSV Capital and is based in Santa Clara,
California. For more information, go towww.kno.com,
or follow Kno at http://facebook.com/GoodtoKno and http://twitter.com/GoodtoKNO.
About Wiley Global Education
The mission of Wiley’s Global Education business is to help teachers
teach and students learn. Wiley Global Education provides personalized
content, tools, and services that deliver demonstrable results to
students and faculty at two- and four-year colleges and universities,
for-profit career colleges, and advanced-placement classes globally, as
well as secondary schools in Australia. In addition to its print and
digital textbooks programs, the company offers a variety of
cost-effective, flexible print and digital solutions, including
customizable solutions and WileyPLUS, a research-based, online
environment for effective teaching and learning.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of
information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people
around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley
and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450
Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or
Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
Our core businesses publish scientific, technical, medical, and
scholarly journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and
services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training
materials, and online applications and Web sites; and educational
materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners.
Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with
operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The
Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.
The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols
JWa and JWb.
