Failure to Disrupt: How ASSISTments Adapts Traditional Education

October 5, 2020

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ASSISTments co-founders Neil and Cristina Heffernan speak on supporting students and teachers with online assessments, adaptive help, and their communities in author Justin Reich's virtual book club Failure To Disrupt. The book club is based around his latest publication, "Failure to Disrupt," a book about what technology can and can't do in education.

Watch the recording and learn how ASSISTments is enhancing education.

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ASSISTments is a free public service operated jointly by Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the ASSISTments Foundation.

‍The ASSISTments Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization sponsored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute created in 2019.

‍Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a 501(c)(3) non profit created in 1865.

‍The ASSISTments Project work at WPI is led by Professor Neil Heffernan.

‍The ASSISTments Foundation is led by Cristina Heffernan.