Course Redesign and Course and Program Development

Custom Curriculum ranges from targeted curriculum and programs to individual courses and complete process improvement. Online curriculum development components include lesson presentations, discussion questions, integrated design, documentation, checklists, activities, lesson plans, syllabi, and assessments. Our expert team seamlessly blends all of these elements.

Whether an organization seeks to build upon an existing course or develop one from the ground up, PLS-CC can help. Our team of instructional designers, subject matter experts, and project managers analyzes customer needs – such as audience, instructional requirements, and technical specifications – and creates tailored content solutions. Our custom curriculum team gets the job done.

Custom Websites and Portals

We create custom websites specific to your needs, centralizing all publishing assets relevant to your teaching. Thanks to our experts, we can integrate your original content directly into the website. Our custom websites provide one stop for instructors and students to access required videos, eBooks, MyLabs and other educational media. Each website we create is specifically designed for the customer, combining original and Pearson assets into a unique design.

Online Tutoring

According to the Sloan Consortium, psychologists as well as educational researchers have found that one-to-one supplemental tutoring programs across disciplines improve student retention and performance. Personalized tutoring can be a powerful ingredient when included in online learning services.

Pearson partners exclusively with SMARTHINKING, the leading provider of online tutoring, to give students real time, online tutoring and learning assessment support – 24/7. SMARTHINKING develops custom instructional design solutions that enable career education institutions to better support their faculty and students.

Smarthinking's tutors are seasoned educators – 90% have an advanced degree in their fields and they average over 9 years of teaching or tutoring experience. Drawn from college faculty, graduate students, high school teachers and retired educators, all tutors must complete Smarthinking's online training program and are regularly evaluated for quality and consistency. Each academic area is led by one of Smarthinking's subject-area coordinators, all of whom are former college professors and experts in their disciplines. The professionals at Smarthinking offer top-level educational services.

Lecture Capture

Lecture capture is the process of recording academic instruction and delivering these presentations via an online or digital medium. In 2010, The Campus Computing Project stated that 60.5% of institutions cite lecture capture as an important component for creating and delivering content. Lecture capture carries learning beyond the confines of the physical classroom. Educators can incorporate their content into materials they design as part of a blended learning program; they can collaborate with colleagues to share content. Students benefit by having access to important material, used and presented creatively to help them learn.

Including lecture capture as part of our educational services, Pearson chose Panopto as its collaborator. Pearson distributes Panopto's award-winning lecture capture software to higher education institutions. Panopto is an easy-to-use technology enabling educators and students to record, organize and share lectures and skills labs that combine media-rich applications. Students can review complex material multiple times and on multiple devices – desktop, laptop, Smartphone or iPad – which is especially beneficial to keep them engaged.

Online tutoring and lecture capture offer convenience and flexibility to students with busy lives. They offer expanded reach and additional tools to educators. Pearson's online learning services expand traditional teaching and learning practices, taking advantage of today's technology.