the results are impressive
Instructors report dramatic increases in classroom engagement and preparedness.
HIGHER ENGAGEMENT
84% agreed or strongly agreed it made the course more interesting.
SEAMLESS LEARNING
67% agreed or strongly agreed it led them to read more and made learning easier.
MORE A’S EARNED
46% increase in “A” grades earned.
our reach
UNIQUE USERS
BOOKS SOLD
PARTNERS
our partners
Rowan has collaborated with a wide range of universities, non-profits, municipal agencies, and private groups to develop cutting-edge interactive learning tools and world-class educational products, including the United States Military Academy, the Council on Foreign Relations, the NYFD, and many others.
the benefits of our groundbreaking technology
massive Efficiency
Gains
A symphony of interactives - from animated maps and timelines, to 3D models and data visualizations (all designed with pedagogy in mind) - enable students to more efficiently visualize and understand the "who, what, where, when, why, and how", and devote more class time to higher level analysis and evaluation.
CONTINUOUS
UPDATES
Our content is continuously updated, ensuring that students have access to the most current and relevant information. They can be seamlessly revised with news, updates, and evolving scholarship, avoiding outdated information and eliminating the need for versions or editions.
Time-Space Comprehension
Traditional graphics can only show discrete moments, which require the student conjecture about what occurred in between. Interactives - including maps maps, timelines, animations, and data visualizations - allow students to to visualize across space and time.
Publishing,
Reinvented
Books can be delivered to the reader instantaneously via our platform without any legwork, stock issues, or shipping. Authors no longer need to work with publishers, printers, middlemen, or other gatekeepers to distribute content. The slow, expensive, and complicated publishing process is no longer necessary; your content reach a worldwide audience in a second.
ACCESSIBLE, FULL-SPECTRUM Learning
Students click, touch, listen, watch, drag, rotate and otherwise interact with the multimedia content and text. By engaging multiple senses and regularly alternating between sensory requirements, the digital books keep students engaged, reduce reader’s fatigue, and improve retention. They also, in turn, can accommodate a wide variety of leaning styles and paces.
Dynamic ANALYTICS AND
Feedback
For authors and instructors, detailed analytics are available page-by-page to understand how students use the content, while in-text assessments allow them to evaluate student comprehension. These tools allow instructors to assess students AND and revise content in real-time. This unique, two-way feedback allows for the continuous improvement.
DEEP and Rigorous Scholarship
Structured navigation and layered content allows for broad access and deep exploration. Interactives allow for accessible condensation of extensive information. Multimedia give deeper learning opportunities. Captions, biographies, glossary terms, hotspots, and other pop-ups provide hierarchal, intuitive, and deep exploration without overwhelming the student.
INFINITE
PORTABILITY
The mobility of our immersive products allows students to access content at the bus stop, on a train, at the coffee shop, or wherever is most convenient for them. No more lugging around heavy texts or notebooks; course content and notes are always accessible with a mobile device. And with the ability to download for offline use, content is available even if WiFi is not.
CURATED AND LINKED Sources
Media is rich with metadata to ensure easy reference for assignments. And embedded endnotes, credits, data, and links - both internal and external - give readers direct access to the sources cited. Content, and its relation to larger information ecosystems, can be investigated and validated without tedious digital and in-person sourcing and searching.
awards
2018 / Army Historical Foundation
Distinguished Writing Award - The West Point History of the American Revolution
2016 / Apple / iTunes U
Standout Course (Top 5 Course in iTunes U, #1 in History)
2016 / Army Historical Foundation
Distinguished Writing Award - The West Point History of World War II, Volume 2
2016 / Society for Military History
Prize for Digital Technology in Teaching Military History
2015 / Apple / iTunes U
Standout Course
2015 / Army historical Foundation
Distinguished Writing Award - The West Point History of the Civil War
2014 / Apple / iTunes U
Standout Course