Curriki Partners with GlobalScholar.com to Dramatically Extend Reach of Open Source Curriculum
Curriki Partners with GlobalScholar.com to Dramatically Extend Reach of Open Source Curriculum
Curriki’s open source curriculum and collaboration tools combined with GlobalScholar’s state-of-the-art instructional platform offer a boon for educators in the U.S. and around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. and BELLEVUE, Wash. (May 13, 2008) – Curriki, the Global Education and Learning Community, today announced a partnership with GlobalScholar.com, a leading provider of curriculum, instruction and assessment management solutions to schools and school districts. This partnership will make it easier for educators to contribute curriculum to the Curriki learning community and make it easier for teachers, parents and students to find the most appropriate and relevant free and open source curricula, when and where it is needed. Curriki founder and board member Scott McNealy said: “The alliance with GlobalScholar is vital in helping Curriki meet its mission of providing students, teachers and parents with free and open source content and curricula in two important ways. First, educators using the GlobalScholar platform can more easily participate in the Curriki community by sharing their curriculum with just a mouse click. The second advantage is that by making Curriki’s assets accessible through the GlobalScholar platform, it is readily available to educators, parents and students when they need it, where they need it.” In addition to facilitating the sharing of open source content and curricula, the companies are collaborating to develop open source assessment functionality as well as integrating community and collaboration tools across the two platforms. Also, as both Curriki and GlobalScholar are international organizations, the partnership will extend beyond the United States. “We are excited to be able to work with the Curriki team and to play a part in the creation of this valuable global resource,” said GlobalScholarCEO Kal Raman. “Also, providing seamless access to Curriki’s vast library of open source content to the millions of teachers, tutors, parents, and students using the GlobalScholar platform, is completely consistent with our objective of efficiently aligning all the resources of educations.” Details have not yet been released about the specific launch date for the integrated product features, but it is expected to be available for the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. About Curriki Curriki, the Global Education & Learning Community, is a nonprofit social entrepreneurship organization dedicated to improving education by empowering teachers, students and parents with universal access to free and Open Source Curricula. Curriki is building the first and only Internet site for a complete course of instruction and assessment for K-12. The organization will create a world-class educational environment that is community developed and supported. Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2004, Curriki now operates as an independent nonprofit. For more information about Curriki, visit www.curriki.org.
About GlobalScholar Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., GlobalScholar is committed to providing students of all ages the confidence and control they need to make informed decisions about their education. The company develops products that effectively integrate and align the resources of education – people, technology and content – to improve efficiency and performance. GlobalScholar’s consumer products include CollegeFinder, SchoolFinder, and GlobalScholar.com where students can select and interact with highly qualified online tutors or take self-paced courses. GlobalScholar and its wholly owned subsidiary, Excelsior Software, also provide solutions to schools and school districts to help raise student achievement by providing immediate access to performance information, increasing teacher productivity, improving communication and enabling teachers and administrators to more effectively create, manage and align curriculum, assessments, standards, and supplemental learning. GlobalScholar.com is backed by Ignition Partners and Knowledge Universe Education. For more information, please visit www.globalscholar.com or phone 877-824-4040.
Curriki’s open source curriculum and collaboration tools combined with GlobalScholar’s state-of-the-art instructional platform offer a boon for educators in the U.S. and around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. and BELLEVUE, Wash. (May 13, 2008) – Curriki, the Global Education and Learning Community, today announced a partnership with GlobalScholar.com, a leading provider of curriculum, instruction and assessment management solutions to schools and school districts. This partnership will make it easier for educators to contribute curriculum to the Curriki learning community and make it easier for teachers, parents and students to find the most appropriate and relevant free and open source curricula, when and where it is needed. Curriki founder and board member Scott McNealy said: “The alliance with GlobalScholar is vital in helping Curriki meet its mission of providing students, teachers and parents with free and open source content and curricula in two important ways. First, educators using the GlobalScholar platform can more easily participate in the Curriki community by sharing their curriculum with just a mouse click. The second advantage is that by making Curriki’s assets accessible through the GlobalScholar platform, it is readily available to educators, parents and students when they need it, where they need it.” In addition to facilitating the sharing of open source content and curricula, the companies are collaborating to develop open source assessment functionality as well as integrating community and collaboration tools across the two platforms. Also, as both Curriki and GlobalScholar are international organizations, the partnership will extend beyond the United States. “We are excited to be able to work with the Curriki team and to play a part in the creation of this valuable global resource,” said GlobalScholarCEO Kal Raman. “Also, providing seamless access to Curriki’s vast library of open source content to the millions of teachers, tutors, parents, and students using the GlobalScholar platform, is completely consistent with our objective of efficiently aligning all the resources of educations.” Details have not yet been released about the specific launch date for the integrated product features, but it is expected to be available for the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. About Curriki Curriki, the Global Education & Learning Community, is a nonprofit social entrepreneurship organization dedicated to improving education by empowering teachers, students and parents with universal access to free and Open Source Curricula. Curriki is building the first and only Internet site for a complete course of instruction and assessment for K-12. The organization will create a world-class educational environment that is community developed and supported. Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2004, Curriki now operates as an independent nonprofit. For more information about Curriki, visit www.curriki.org.
About GlobalScholar Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., GlobalScholar is committed to providing students of all ages the confidence and control they need to make informed decisions about their education. The company develops products that effectively integrate and align the resources of education – people, technology and content – to improve efficiency and performance. GlobalScholar’s consumer products include CollegeFinder, SchoolFinder, and GlobalScholar.com where students can select and interact with highly qualified online tutors or take self-paced courses. GlobalScholar and its wholly owned subsidiary, Excelsior Software, also provide solutions to schools and school districts to help raise student achievement by providing immediate access to performance information, increasing teacher productivity, improving communication and enabling teachers and administrators to more effectively create, manage and align curriculum, assessments, standards, and supplemental learning. GlobalScholar.com is backed by Ignition Partners and Knowledge Universe Education. For more information, please visit www.globalscholar.com or phone 877-824-4040.
