SK Telecom, Korean based telecommunications company, has recently signed a new strategic agreement with Fishtree, a company specializing in educational content development.
Both organizations are considered pioneers in their respective fields, engaging with schools and educators around the world. This partnership is aimed at enhancing smart learning business in the United States and the Middle East.
Both the companies are keen to drive increased access to solutions that will empower students and instructors, and help to increase engagement and retention in students. In addition, both the companies are collaborating to provide powerful analytics in real-time, and deliver differentiated support to every student automatically.
Yook Tae-sun, SK Telecom’s (News – Alert) head of the new business promotion division, said they are glad to work with Fishtree, the world’s best learning content platforms. “As a leading company in smart learning, we hope to create synergies with the new partner in global marketing and technology.”
As for the virtue of the agreement, SK Telecom’s two-way learning solution and smart device management tools will be allied with Fishtree’s educational platforms based on HTML5 web language.
Also, SK Telecom’s smart device management solution, called mobile device management, will be offered students to enable them to use qualified educational content and better prepare for classes while providing location information in the case of loss.
Its interactive learning solution is built to let content and other back-up materials be shared between teachers and students.
Terry Nealon, CEO and co-founder of Fishtree, said, “It’s a big plus for us to partner with a mobile telecom operator with the world’s best ICT capabilities. Based on our LMS platform, I want the new partnership to create learning contents useful both to teachers and students.”
Fishtree is devoted to build learning environments and the platform that is focused on learning relationship management, personalization, content recommendation and learning analytics.