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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze an expanded Pearson-AWS partnership.
Highlights
00:03 — Pearson, the global educational publisher, and AWS have expanded their existing partnership to enhance AI-driven learning. AWS will help Pearson to deliver AI-powered lesson generation and more for educators, support workforce skilling initiatives, and continue an ongoing collaboration with Pearson VUE for AWS certification.
00:38 — AWS and Pearson have also signaled their intent to develop joint innovations on transformative learning solutions aimed at enhancing experiences in clinical assessments, enterprise learning and English language learning.
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01:08 — One of the promises of the metaverse was to make education more accessible and to help level the playing field. Now it seems that AI can take up this mantle. Recent research from Pearson found that learning gaps cost the US economy $1.1 trillion annually, and this collaboration serves as an important example of how AI can help close that gap.
