Ed Map Updates OpenVue and Curate To Support OER
Ed Map,
an education technology company offering bookstore software and
services, has added a new business model and expanded its content
curation services for higher education institutions.
Ed Map's OpenVue course materials management platform and options for supply chain
management services are now available through a platform-as-a-service
(PaaS) business model. According to a news release from the company,
the model does not mark up the cost of educational content and is
intended to support the adoption of open educational resources (OER)
and other low-cost content initiatives. "[T]his is a far better way to
tackle affordability and access than used and rental textbooks," said
Kerry Pigman, president and COO of Ed Map, in a prepared statement.
Ed Map is also expanding its Curate professional services, which employs academic librarians and content
area experts to search out and vet open educational resources and
disaggregated content. Educational institutions can now provide Ed Map
with their desired educational outcomes and other school-specific
parameters, and then Curate professional services will identify
resources that meet those parameters.
"Today's content ecosystem
is in transition," added Pigman. "It's failing those it was intended to
serve – students, faculty, institutions, and content providers. Core to
our mission is increasing the value of educational content; too many
students make the unfortunate choice every day to go without critical
materials."
Further information about OpenVue and Curate can be found on Ed Map's site.
About the Author
Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].