McGraw-Hill expands its Web-based learning tools

McGraw-Hill is going increasingly digital, and its offices in Columbus are getting a boost as a result. The company's education-publishing division has created a Center for Digital Innovation in Bothell, Wash., that will collaborate with McGraw-Hill's Columbus operations, where more than 1,000 people work.

The goal of the overall effort is to build a bridge between how immersed children are in technology outside of the classroom and how integrated digital literacy is in their education.
More than 100 of the company's Columbus workers are focused on this area, but that number is expected to grow as schools use more Web-based learning tools...