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UT System to debut new learning platform at SXSWedu
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning will introduce TEx – a groundbreaking new learning platform – at SXSWedu, which will take place in Austin, Texas March 9-12. TEx, which stands for Total Educational Experience, is an engaging, mobile-first learning environment developed to support competency-based initiatives across the UT System.
On Tuesday morning March 10, Marni Baker Stein, UT System chief innovation officer, will give an inside look at the process and design work around TEx. Later in the day, conference participants can meet the thought leaders and experts behind TEx and demo the technology at the UT System Competency-Based Learning Meet Up hosted with strategic mobile partner Robots and Pencils.
Event details:
10 - 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 10
Hilton Austin Downtown, 6th Floor Pre-Function Area
UT System Competency-Based Learning Meet Up hosted with Robots and Pencils
5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 10
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408
About The University of Texas System
Educating students, providing care for patients, conducting groundbreaking research and serving the needs of Texans and the nation for more than 130 years, The University of Texas System is one of the largest public university systems in the United States, with nine academic universities, six health institutions and an enrollment of more than 214,000. The UT System confers more than one-third of the state’s undergraduate degrees, educates two-thirds of the state’s health care professionals annually and accounts for almost 70 percent of all research funds awarded to public universities in Texas. The UT System has an annual operating budget of $15.6 billion (FY 2015) including $3 billion in sponsored programs funded by federal, state, local and private sources. With about 90,000 staff, faculty, researchers, physicians and other health care providers, the UT System is one of the largest employers in the state.
About the Institute for Transformational Learning
The Institute for Transformational Learning was established by the UT System in 2012 and funded with $50 million to make a UT-quality education more accessible, affordable and successful through the innovative use of technology.
About Robots and Pencils
Robots and Pencils Inc. is a mobile strategy and app development company known for its top-ranking consumer apps, transformative enterprise apps and mobile-first learning platforms. Launched in 2009, Robots and Pencils has since created more than 250 apps used by over 77 million people worldwide, and in 2014 was named the 34th fastest growing North American technology company by Deloitte. For more information, visit robotsandpencils.com.
