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ZDNet: News Corp.’s Amplify education experiment: What went wrong?

Photo Credit: Edgar Zuniga Jr.by Larry Dignan for Between the LinesNews Corp. is putting its Amplify electronic learning platform and curriculum up for sale because the new school year selling season flopped and the rush to digital tools never materialized.Was the demise due to educational institutions' reluctance to change or fatal flaws with Amplify?Read the rest of the story at ZDNet.
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Photo Credit: Edgar Zuniga Jr.

by Larry Dignan for Between the Lines

News Corp. is putting its Amplify electronic learning platform and curriculum up for sale because the new school year selling season flopped and the rush to digital tools never materialized.

Was the demise due to educational institutions’ reluctance to change or fatal flaws with Amplify?

Read the rest of the story at ZDNet.

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