Presentation by Andreas Schleicher Tackling the School Absenteeism Crisis 30 ...
Edbrix for educators
1. Your Interactive Classroom Portal
Single Sign-On!
Learn Anywhere & Anytime!
Learn at Your Pace!
Using Google and Microsoft Platform
2. Overview
Edbrix Single sign on Educational Platform Built
on top of Google Apps and Office 365
Low cost, scalable and requires minimal training.
Partners:
Google
Microsoft
Through one-on-one interactions we have identified
educators’ pain points to deliver a complete solution
that is easy to use.
We have brought it to market rapidly by using an
innovative development strategy.
3. Vision & Mission
A worldwide, single sign-on, easy to use, online portal
connecting students, parents, teachers and
administrators on a single platform using state of the art
technology for all learning activities.
Reduce technology chaos and disarray currently in
scholastic education and enterprise training
Facilitate E-Learning inexpensively by leveraging existing
software and cloud technology
Address needs of all stakeholders in scholastic
education and enterprise training sectors
Maintain privacy and security of individuals and
Institute
4. Environment
17 Million out of 58.1 million K-12 US Students are E-Learning
More than doubled between 2010 - 2015
Low cost laptop / tablet devices & ubiquitous internet
Free and easy to use applications from Google & Microsoft!
Multiple E-Learning Platforms
Goal
Reduce infrastructure cost for E-Learning and improve collaboration and
communication between teachers, students, and parents.
Challenges
Integration of Core Educational Apps within E-Learning Platforms
Complex E-Learning (requires training)
Poor Adoption Rate
5. Challenges – For Teachers
• Multiple platforms for different activities
• Classroom management
• Ineffective Communication and collaboration with students and peers
• Cumbersome access for students to view Curriculum, Live Lectures / Notes, Assignments & Quizzes
• No easy platform to create secure curriculum shared by students
• Currently curriculums are uploaded on websites open to the public
• Easily create online Assignments, Practice Questions and Grade them
• Not easy to create curricula in Google or Microsoft platforms, teachers use other E-Learning solutions (Edmodo,
Schoolology, Quizlet)
• Lack of seamless access to communication tools such as google hangout for online tutoring or student study
group activities
• Non-intuitive ways to upload notes and online study materials
• Technology issues in broadcasting and recording online lectures
• Poor interaction with parent/guardian - often emails get ignored and neglected
• Lack of audio/video conferencing capability to communicate with the parents/ guardian
6. Challenges for Students
• Lack of single dashboard
• Inability for online alert notifications or reminders
• Multiple platforms required to view curriculum, complete, submit and update their
assignments
• No easy access to practice questions
• Lack of consolidated notes and study materials laid out in a structured curriculum
• Lack of Parental monitoring and guidance capability
• No real time access to grades and performance assessments
• No effective collaboration for teachers, students and parents
• Ineffective access to videos, documents, links and references in a structured curriculum
• No tool to set separators for each teacher (color code) for identifying activities
7. Challenges for Administrators
• Managing and monitoring multiple software
• Inability to control access and usage
• Implementation and training cycle of new software is always difficult
• Poor adoption rate
• Inability to readily integrate all reporting requirements
• No real time audit capabilities
• Cumbersome support and maintenance
8. Challenges for Parents
• Monitoring student’s activities and performance
• Ineffective communication with teachers and administrator
• Poor collaboration for parent - teachers conferencing
• Inability to readily communicate with teachers and vice versa
23. Conclusion
Edbrix provides a Single Sign-on platform for all services where
teachers & students can effectively use Google or Microsoft platforms
with additional features.
• Create and share secure curricula
• Set up practice questions and assignments
• Communication wall feature similar to Facebook
• Parent/teacher communication with calendar invitation and Google hangout
• Easy tools to upload notes and study material
• Convenient broadcast / recording capabilities for online / pre-recorded lectures
• Tools to communicate with parents/guardian and set up meetings
• Single dashboard to manage E-Learning with a single login
View new curriculum, study materials, online tutorials, study groups and broadcast requests not requiring login to multiple apps
Wall Communication for interaction with Teachers and Peers