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University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Developing ‘Digital First’ Course

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McGraw-Hill Higher Education and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are developing a fully digital curriculum for the economics course. The curriculum, offered in English and Spanish, will feature a range of multimedia components, and will be sold by subscription.

McGraw-Hill and the university are employing a new “digital first” development strategy with this economics curriculum, in which every component is developed specifically for an online learning environment.

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