Why Pearson's OpenClass Is a Big Deal

Michael Feldstein incide en la apuesta de Pearson con OpenClass por convertirse en una (¿la?) plataforma educativa. Muy clarificadora su elucidación del concepto de "innovación disruptiva" (Clayton Christensen) para entender lo que pretende Pearson y cómo intentará conseguirlo.

What does Pearson get out of all this? They potentially get all the data on your students and an iron grip on the point of sale for all curricular content. Everything that worries you about what Facebook and Google know about you and everything that worries you about the control that Apple exerts over the iTunes and App stores should worry you about Pearson’s ambitions [...] Pearson is attempting to shift from being a product company to being a platform company, in the way that Google and Facebook (and, increasingly, Apple) are platform companies. I happen to use Google and Apple products quite a bit and, for the most part, accept the trade-offs that I am making in order to reap the benefits that they provide. But we don’t have anything like this kind of a bargain in the educational technology market, and the implications are far reaching. Now is the time to think carefully and read all the fine print.

Más información y enlaces en el artículo OpenClass: Pearson presenta un entorno de aprendizaje gratuito en la nube.