pearson sxswedu presentation submission

CREATING THE FUTURE AT PEARSON VIA TECH INNOVATION

PEARSON SWSXEDU

•  Diana Stepner, Head of Future Technologies •  Diana.stepner@pearson.com •  @dianas

•  Gregg Alpert, Developer Relations Manager •  Gregg.alpert@pearson.com •  @alpsgm

Presenters

Pearson Who?

1.   Future Technology Prototypes •  Working across business units to create a culture of innovation, learning and collaboration •  Building prototypes and next generation products within Pearson •  Giving intrapraneurs within Pearson a platform to bring their ideas to life

2.   Plug & Play APIs •  Making our content accessible to external developers to create innovative applications that provide useful learning tools and resources •  Through providing data feeds for Pearson content via APIs •  Creating a developer ecosystem

Internal and External Innovation at Pearson

1.  Bringing together thought leaders across all of Pearson 2.  Holding ideation sessions 3.  Building prototypes 4.  Reformatting content for digital consumption 5.  Working with external groups and opening up content for

creative use of our assets

Innovation Activities

1.  Mobile and Tablet Applications 2.  Interactive Storytelling 3.  Informal Learning 4.  Interactive Design 5.  Augmented Reality 6.  Collaborative Apps for the classroom

and many more…

Future Technology Prototypes

1.  Longman Dictionary 2.  DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 3.  Pearson Kitchen Manager 4.  Financial Times Press 5.  Nursing & Health Survival Guides 6.  Peachpit Visual QuickStart Guides

With many more to come…

Plug & Play APIs

Applications created with Plug & Play APIs

CREATING THE FUTURE AT PEARSON VIA TECH INNOVATION

PEARSON SWSXEDU