Cengage Learning Acquires Pathbrite's Best-In-Class ePortfolio Solution: Cengage Learning Continues to Expand Institutional Offerings, Including Recent Acquisition of Learning Objects

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing the expansion of its institutional offerings, Cengage Learning today announced the acquisition of Pathbrite's best-in-class ePortfolio solution. Pathbrite enables students to collect, track and showcase their work to demonstrate completion of assignments for graduation, accreditation and job placement. Pathbrite has users at 900 K20 institutions.

The announcement was made at EDUCAUSE 2015, the annual gathering of leaders in education technology.

"Last month, we announced the acquisition of Learning Objects, which offers a customizable learning environment and services for online programs. Now, adding Pathbrite's Portfolio Learning Platform to Learning Objects' suite of tools extends our student-centric, competency-based learning capabilities," said Michael Hansen, Chief Executive Officer, Cengage Learning. "We're also very pleased that most of Pathbrite's talented employees will join us in our quest to provide the highest quality digital learning solutions available."

Hansen added, "This acquisition...