Einstruction
| Privately Held Company | |
| Industry | Education Technology |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Scottsdale, AZ, USA |
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Number of locations
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Offices & Facilities in United States, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | EXAMVIEW, INTERWRITEMobi, INTERWRITEWORKSPACE, CPSPulse, eI Community |
| Services | Education Technology, Technical Support, Professional Development, Training |
| Website | www |
eInstruction designs, manufactures and markets teaching and assessment tools. It is based in the United States.
eInstruction was founded in 1981 by university computer science professor Dr. Darrell Ward. In 2000, Dr. Ward and his team pioneered the use of student response systems in education, with the creation of a hand-held "clicker" system called CPS (Classroom Performance System). In addition to CPS, and other interactive classroom technologies, eInstruction works with educators providing professional development and training opportunities across the globe.
eInstruction has offices in Denton, Texas; Scottsdale, Arizona; Fort Wright, Kentucky; and Paris, France.
eInstruction introduced the first wireless student response system designed to help educators engage and involve students, while providing real-time feedback on what the students know or don't know, which in turn allows educators to identify students who need extra help and track student performance and achievement over time.
In early 2000, eInstruction modified their "Group Link" IR student response system enabling it to support up to 32 IR response pads and coupled it with The Classroom Performance System (CPS) software package. CPS was the 2nd version of a classroom based software package named HyperVision (based on the company's initial name - HyperGraphics). HyperVision was based on an authoring software package called TBT Author constructed in the early days of HyperGraphics.
In 2000, eInstruction created what was to become the most successful and coveted sales group in K-12 education. The model was based on two main concepts: 1) allow sales people to create their own groups or franchises and 2) do not cap their earning potential. Allowing eC's (educational consultants) to create organizations grew the eInstruction sales team to over 500 persons by 2005. Not capping an eC's earning potential unleashed the entrepreneurial spirit which when coupled with CPS gave eCs the ability to create wealth for themselves and their families. This model proved to be one of the key factors in the growth of eInstruction.
GTCO Calcomp (acquired as part of Interwrite Learning by eInstruction in 2008) introduced the first hand-held bluetooth tablet. The problem with most wireless tablets was in managing the bluetooth connection. In 2003 eInstruction built the first plug-n-play wireless tablet called "The CPS Chalkboard" using the standard 802.11 wirless protocol. It dramatically simplied the usability of wireless tablets over bluetooth tablets. In 2007 eInstruction designed what later became the MOBI, which was released in 2009. The company was awarded a U.S. patent for its mobile interactive whiteboard in 2005.
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