Presentation Submission for SXSWedu

1. PEARSON SWSXEDU
CREATING THE FUTURE AT PEARSON VIA
TECH INNOVATION

2. Presenters
• Diana Stepner, Head of Future Technologies
• Diana.stepner@pearson.com
• @dianas
• Gregg Alpert, Developer Relations Manager
• Gregg.alpert@pearson.com
• @alpsgm

3. Pearson Who?

4. Internal and External Innovation at Pearson
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

5. Innovation Activities
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

6. Future Technology Prototypes
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…

7. Plug & Play APIs
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…

8. Applications created with Plug & Play APIs

9. PEARSON SWSXEDU
CREATING THE FUTURE AT PEARSON VIA
TECH INNOVATION