While clickers have become part of college
students’ everyday lives, it was only a matter of time before something better
came along. The new distribution agreement between Top Hat Monocle and Pearson may offer just
that.
The agreement allows students who buy
participating Pearson textbooks to purchase an additional subscription for the
Top Hat Monocle interactive learning application tool. For $20 per semester or $38 for
a five-year subscription, students gain access to a tool that replaces the classroom clicker with their mobile
device, allowing them to answer questions or polls in class, run interactive
demonstrations, download course notes, and submit homework.
Pearson is also working to integrate its higher education
content into the Top Hat Monocle platform and will make its high-demand titles
available on it at the start of the fall 2013 semester.