Prodigy Learning joins forces with Minecraft Education to develop new game-based learning products

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Move is a potentially lucrative one for Irish-headquartered Prodigy Learning, expanding its market reach significantly

The material, which combines the game-based world with Prodigy’s educational solutions, is designed to be engaging and easy to teach, accessible to educators with little or no computer science experience while also delivering recognised credentials

The first two credentialing products, Coding in Minecraft and a new Cyber product, will be available for licensing through Microsoft and channel resellers worldwide.“The partnership between Minecraft Education and Prodigy Learning marks a significant milestone in educational technology.

Prodigy Learning develops and sells education technology products, and provides the online assessment platform for standardised testing in Irish schools. The move is a potentially lucrative one for Prodigy Learning, expanding its market reach significantly. Aside from the US, Prodigy Learning has developed a market in Ireland, the UK and Australia.

 

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