McGraw-Hill Higher Education Delivers a Personalized Learning Experience at 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EDUCAUSE Booth #1818-1820 -- This week, McGraw-Hill Higher Education is showcasing a range of new digital programs and services at the 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Philadelphia. McGraw-Hill's digital solutions offer higher education institutions the tools and support they need to create a personalized, on-demand learning environment that drives achievement across the board, for institutions, instructors and students.

At the conference, McGraw-Hill Higher Education will unveil a new suite of mobile apps for Connect™, the company's industry-leading, web-based course management platform. The mobile apps, which were developed based on extensive field research on how students study, use adaptive learning technologies to guide students through review exercises based on their knowledge gaps and the amount of time they have available to study. Through these mobile capabilities and McGraw-Hill Campus™, a platform that allows single sign-on to Connect through any course management platform, McGraw-Hill is setting the standard for access, making educational content available anywhere, anytime, on any device.

"Digital innovation is dramatically changing the landscape in higher education, and we're changing the way we do business to move the industry forward," said Tom Malek, vice president, Learning Solutions, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. "The demand for digitally delivered content and tools that improve student performance and decrease administrative time for faculty continues to grow at the student, instructor and institution level. In addition, the feedback we've received from our market makes it abundantly clear that institutions and faculty want teaching and learning solutions that easily connect with their own learning management systems. McGraw-Hill's ability to integrate its solutions with any learning management system is unmatched in the industry.

We have graduated far beyond the ebook. We are increasingly partnering with institutions to develop and deliver digital solutions through a subscription-based model that is customized to institutions' needs and makes teaching and learning even more personalized," Malek said.

McGraw-Hill Campus (http://www.mhcampus.com/), a recently launched service, allows schools single sign-on access to McGraw-Hill's digital programs through any existing learning management system at no additional cost. This service, featured at the EDUCAUSE conference, provides instructors with access to one cohesive system that reduces administrative time, allowing them to spend more time on what is most critical: teaching. In addition to McGraw-Hill Campus, a range of innovative solutions will be demonstrated at the conference including:

• McGraw-Hill Connect (http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com), the industry-leading, web-based assignment and assessment platform;
• McGraw-Hill Connect mobile apps, providing mobile access to customized study plans that drive student progress through adaptive, personalized learning;
• McGraw-Hill LearnSmart™ (http://www.mhhe.com/learnsmart/), an online adaptive tool that assesses students' performance in real-time and adapts instantly based on their knowledge;
• McGraw-Hill Tegrity® (http://www.tegrity.com/), the first cloud-based lecture capture solution, offering students a searchable, highly-personalized, collaborative learning environment; and
• McGraw-Hill Create™ (http://create.mcgraw-hill.com), a digital custom publishing platform that allows teachers to develop and customize course content in print or ebook format.

The 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference joins the best minds in higher education to advance the industry through the use of digital technologies. McGraw-Hill Higher Education and McGraw-Hill Tegrity will be featured at booths #1818-1820 throughout the conference. McGraw-Hill Education will be posting live tweets from the conference through its Twitter feeds (@MHEducation, @MHhighered, @tegrityinc) using the conference hash tag (#EDU11). Visit http://www.educause.edu/E2011/Program/BAB1125 to learn more.

About McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Education is a content, software and services-based education company that draws on its more than 100 years of educational expertise to offer solutions, which improve learning outcomes around the world. McGraw-Hill is the adaptive education technology leader with the vision for creating a highly personalized learning experience that prepares students of all ages for the world that awaits. The company has offices across North America, India, China, Europe, the Middle East and South America, and makes its learning solutions available in more than 65 languages. For additional information, visit www.mheducation.com.

Contact:
Tom Stanton
McGraw-Hill Education
(212) 904-3214
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