Aplia

Aplia Inc. is an educational technology company founded in 2000 by Stanford University professor Paul Romer that offers online homework products geared toward college-level courses. In March 2007 Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson Learning) acquired Aplia Inc. Aplia was based in Belmont, California until March 2014, when it relocated to Cengage Learning's new Mission Bay, San Francisco office.

History

In 1998, Romer created an online experiment system for use in his economics courses at Stanford University so his students would come to class better prepared and become more engaged with the course material. After other professors expressed interest in his approach, Romer decided to turn this system into the basis for a new company. He raised $10 million in venture capital to start Aplia, an online learning system. Since 2000, it has been used by over 4,300 professors, 1,200,000 students, at 1,300 colleges and universities worldwide and students have posted 2.4 billion answers, up from 200 million when Romer sold it.[1][2][3]

Product

Aplia's basic product includes online homework assignments that professors can assign to students in accounting, business communication, business law, developmental reading, economics, finance, marketing, philosophy, statistics, and taxation. While the basic premise behind each course is the same, course materials vary; in many cases, Aplia problem sets are designed to complement specific textbook from a variety of publishers.[4]

Research has also shown Aplia to be less effective in the classroom for students who require an indepth relationship with the teacher. Studies are surfacing to find online learning to be another challenge that students must overcome in order to learn a subject they might be unfamiliar with. Some anecdotal evidence has been found that schools administration have found value in the micromanagement software features that Aplia offers, especially with keeping students on track with their assignments and increasing engagement and participation in the classroom.[5][6]

References
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  2. "Paul Romer". paulromer.net. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  3. Mallaby, Sebastian (2010-06-08). "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty". Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  4. http://www.aplia.com
  5. Caplan, Arthur J.; Gilbert, John (21 November 2008). "'D' is for dilly-dally?". Applied Economics Letters. 15 (14): 1085–1088. doi:10.1080/13504850600993663. S2CID 52210478.
  6. "This Solution Has Been Retired". Archived from the original on 2016-11-23.
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