Smart Sparrow
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Educational technology |
| Fate | Acquired by Pearson Education |
| Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
| Products | Adaptive eLearning Platform |
| Parent | Pearson Education |
Smart Sparrow is an educational technology startup that commercializes adaptive learning solutions originally created by the Adaptive eLearning Research Group at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
Adaptive learning technology customizes instructional content to meet the unique needs of each learner by combining principles from computer science, psychology, and education. Smart Sparrow’s Adaptive eLearning Platform is a cloud-based system designed to develop adaptive courseware, deliver it to learners, and evaluate their interactions. This platform integrates an intelligent tutoring system that merges Model Tracing with Constraint-Based Modeling techniques.
In 2013, Smart Sparrow was highlighted as a leading adaptive learning provider in an educational report supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The platform showed measurable benefits such as higher enrollment rates and lower dropout frequencies, alongside evidence of faster learning progress.
By that year, Smart Sparrow’s technology supported the Australian national Biomedical Education Skills and Training Network and was incorporated into academic programs at universities in both Australia and the United States. Later in 2013, the company extended its reach into Australian secondary schools through collaborations focused on enhancing student participation in mathematics and science subjects.
In January 2020, Pearson Education acquired Smart Sparrow.