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To say that the last couple of months at Symtext has been busy is a monumental understatement.  And the past few weeks have been crazy, with enough work coming in over the bow that a normal company might founder in the face of it.  But, I’m happy to say, we’re not a normal company.  Believing from the start that we were on to something, we have simply refused to let up, spurred on by ever increasing levels of validating data.  Recent positive market feedback is nothing if not empowering — supplying us the energy to persist — and now suddenly we’re in calmer waters, analyzing a set of rather successful performance data. (more…)

Symtext Liquid Textbooks are live and in use.

A highly dedicated, highly talented group of people — putting in literally years of dirt-under-the-nails hard work, sacrifice and steely-eyed persistence — have produced something wonderful.  And we couldn’t be more proud.

Liquid Textbooks defy pithy explanation but try this on for size: they let educators build the ideal course. Using just the content they need, from multiple sources, professors craft a living curriculum that reflects their unique style and pedagogy.  Once published, Liquid Textbooks become a platform for interaction and engagement, within which teachers and students explore and learn.  Think about blending the dynamism and immediacy of web 2.0 publishing with premier higher education content. Consider ‘pouring’ content into courses as events and student progress warrants it. (more…)