MaRS Innovation and York University's commercialization office support new partnership

TORONTO, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - In the age of ITunes, videotaping lectures or converting existing textbooks into e-books won't make you the market leader in online education.

Thanks to a new partnership between ClevrU, and NewMindsets Inc., facilitated by MaRS Innovation and York University's commercialization office, Canadian technology and content promises to establish the second-generation online learning standard for millions of students worldwide.

ClevrU, a Waterloo-based tech company, has created a mobile-friendly, e-teaching content delivery platform with advanced tools to create interactive learning environments. ClevrU's intelligent engine helps students and instructors collaborate while adapting course content to suit the individual's personal preferences within a multilingual environment.

The problem? They needed an equally advanced teaching model.

Enter Professors Jean Adams and Gareth Morgan from the Schulich School of Business at York University, the founders of NewMindsets Inc.

Their proven e-teaching model, based on 12 years of research and implementation, breaks up learning sessions into smaller, integrated modules or "learning nuggets" that empower students to discover and understand knowledge.

MaRS Innovation (MI)which commercializes the most promising research breakthroughs from 16 of Toronto's top universities, medical institutions and research institutes, including York Universitymet with Morgan and Adams, in conjunction with York's commercialization office, to assess how to scale their teaching model.

MI staff introduced the professors to ClevrU. Together with York's commercialization staff, they will collaborate with both parties to support the fledgling partnership.

"Students expect interactivity in online learning models," says Dana Fox, president and CEO of ClevrU Corporation. "They want to ask questions, interact with peers and dig deeper into course topics that interest them. We're excited to collaborate with Jean and Gareth, along with MaRS Innovation and York's commercialization office, to jointly create a solution that will give educational institutions a powerful, personalized solution to capture the online learning sector."

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ClevrU partners with Schulich School of Business Professors to target online education market