The company's mobile study tools also help users diagnose problem areas and develop an action plan to stay organized. Rather than converting existing material to a mobile-compatible, digital format, HLT's apps are designed and customized for mobile devices. 'Acquiring the gWhiz product line accelerates our rapid growth.” 'Our platform is used by millions of learners as they successfully master the concepts and apply their knowledge through mobile-first test preparation,” Keune said. The acquisition also includes numerous partnerships with some of the largest publishing and education companies around the world. GWhiz's educational app suite consists of more than 200 apps that have been downloaded by over six million people.
The mobile studying products include course-specific study tools from primary school through college prep as well as professional career and exam training products such as veterinary medicine, real estate, engineering and architecture. With the acquisition, HLT absorbed gWhiz's existing catalog of more than 150 learning applications and publishing agreements. In February, HLT acquired mobile learning app developer gWhiz, a competitor founded in 2008.
Alex left school, I left my job and we started building it out.”įrom an initial study app for dental students - eliminating the need to carry boxes of flash cards - the company developed more than 70 mobile study products.
'Eventually we felt that we needed to do it full time. 'We did it part time for a while, after class or work,” Keune said. Keune, Whitters and another close friend, Ben O'Connor, founded HLT in 2012. They couldn't see students wanting to use their smartphones for school.” 'He called up the publishing companies and they told him mobile learning was a bad idea. 'He couldn't use his smartphone for any of his studies,” said Adam Keune, another HLT co-founder and its chief business development officer. The company has about 50 full-time equivalent employees, including some who work remotely from other locations throughout the country.Īlec Whitters, HLT co-founder, president and CEO, was in his final year of UI Dental School when he became frustrated using flash cards to prepare for exams. Higher Learning Technologies, with headquarters in the University of Iowa BioVentures Center, is transforming the learning process for college and post-graduate students as well as professionals pursuing continuing education. Like many of their contemporaries in countries worldwide, they might be studying for their next exam using an application created by a young, rapidly growing Coralville company. You should also note that the amp models in GarageBand 10 provide a simulated preamp/power amp combo, meaning you'll have a gain knob on the amp and a master output (more on that later).The next time you see college students using their smartphone while eating or standing in line, don't assume they're surfing the internet or checking social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. This means you'll need to back off the signal you're sending into GarageBand from your electric guitar and/or pedalboard. If you're too loud in GarageBand, you'll see the red clipping indicator in the top right corner where the master volume is located. This is something I have to watch with my compressor and EQ pedals, since they both have the ability to boost my signal. This means that the pedalboard is in a kind of preamp role, with the potential to send enough gain into GarageBand to create unwanted noise or even distortion. With your pedalboard going directly into the USB interface, and ultimately GarageBand, you'll need to treat GarageBand as your final power amp.