The Inclusive Access initiative, created by Pearson and the University of California, Davis, which offers students access to digital course materials, has won the 2016 University of California Larry L Sautter Award for "innovation in Information Technology. In 2016, a team from MIT Media Lab developed an app that allows users to search through thousands of books on Amazon using their smartphone.
The Inclusive Access initiative, created by Pearson and the University of California, Davis, which offers students access to digital course materials, has won the 2016 University of California Larry L Sautter Award for "innovation in Information Technology." In its first year, the programme saved students $1m, has helped 45,000 users and is used across 40 or more courses per quarter, a figure that is steadily rising.