c.e.o. : more from the of pearson john fallon when we return. back.ne: welcome publishing group pearson will billion pounds from the economist and f.t. but the money?t do with john: if we can find create value hat to shareholders and long-term sustainable opportunities as we will take them. but we don't need to hurry. and we need to rush will do that in context of other ways of achieving value and returning capital to shareholders. francine: do you worry about currency movement? we judge things at constant exchange rates. a u.k. listed company so clearly probably the most rate ant exchange shareholders look at is the poun pound-dollar exchange rate. i think over the cycle we and lookshareholders will just through that and clearly you someplace lakein brazil that's not a place in the urrent environment you are likely to deploy more capital. we will see how things emerge. talked about investments. inl you also sell your stake random house. ohn: it is performing exceptionally well. we own 47% of the business. partner there re burtl everyone sman. fr

francine: back in a few minutes with more on that exclusive conversation with pearson ceo john fallon♪ ♪ francine: the publishing industry has been impacted hugely by the rapid growth of digital technologies. john fallon, the ceo of pearson, tells me exclusively how he adapted the business to thrive in this ever-changing environment. john: in education, technology is much more about how do you make the teaching and learning much more effective, much more engaging, how do you provide greater insights? let's take a starbucks employee, 9:00 at night, sat down to do -- francine: which country? john: could be in america, in john: could be in america, in this case. and they get stuck on a problem. ours is an adaptive programs, perhaps it will make it a little easier to build their confidence up, help them through with the problems they are doing online? if it is clear they are finding it easy to do, maybe getting bored, we push them onto something more challenging. if we see that they are struggling to master a particular concept, we will say, do you want help here and now? a tutor somewher

pearson business. john: technology is much more about how do you make the teaching and learning much more effective, engaging. francine: back with more on that exclusive conversation with pearson ceo john fallon♪ francine: the publishing industry had been impacted by the rapid growth of digital technologies. john fallon tells me exclusively how he adapted the business to thrive in this ever-changing environment. john: in education, technology is much more about how do you make the teaching and learning much more effective, engaging, how you provide greater insights. let's take starbucks employee who has sat down, and they get stuck on a problem. are there adaptive programs, perhaps it will make it easier to build their confidence of -- up, help them through with the problems they are doing online. if they are finding it easy to do, maybe getting bored we push them onto something more challenging. if we see they are trying to master a concept, do you want help here and now? it could be someone in india, they pop up in chat or on skype. it is much more adaptable and driven by the needs of the students. you are using the technology, you're making better use of data analytics. it is obviously muc