2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Maria, an 18 year old motivated, social, English-speaking girl from a developing country needs a
better and faster way to acquire knowledge and at the same time start working in order not to
waste time because the local education system is outdated, inflexible, slow, unrecognized by
employers and uncompetitive in today’s job environment.
3. Top selected
1. Favourite: Build a website (online university) which offers all online courses available
globally for free; outlines a curriculum for Maria based on her strengths and adjusts it
based on dynamic employment needs. Offer transformed course material, structured in
elements, concepts and examples and adaptive to learn.
2. Disruptive: Upload any learning materials and knowledge into her head as in the Matrix: as
the brain structure and functions get better understood, it should be possible to have a
machine connected to the brain and uploading the sensual and logical information needed
for learning and strengthen the synapses to form different associations
3. Practical: Take online classes from different top universities for free: form her own
curriculum and hope that by the time she graduates it can be accredited as a whole
4. Prototype of the favourite idea
There are three initial steps for the stakeholder to experience the platform:
1
Register and self-
assess
2
Build your own
curriculum or
choose a pre-
selected one
3
Go to class
5. Register
1. Registration form:
Name
Date of Birth
Etc
Etc
Etc
(Similar information that universities collect when
students enrol. This process needs to verify the
identity of the student/person)
Photo
START
Self assessment test to produce a profile of the strengths,
weaknesses and skills of the person
SKIP
If skipped, it leads directly to the
courses
Go to the test
6. Self assessment
Results from the test in the form of a matrix and recommendations:
+ Strengths [what the person does best]
Example: Numbers, calculations, design etc.
- Weaknesses [what needs improvement]
Example: Languages, writing, speaking
SUGGESTIONS
You are more suitable for science and technology
heavy classes
BUILD YOUR
OWN
Next step: study program
SELECT FROM
PRE-DEFINED
7. Create a study program
2. Build your own study program by exploring all courses:
Category:
1. Computer Science
2. Economics
3. Finance
4. Biology
5. Engineering
Course logo Course Name: Artificial Intelligence
University/Provider: Stanford
By: XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
Credits [number]: 70
Price: $99
The icons indicate the characteristics of every course:
- Free or paid
- Uses adaptive learning algorithm or not
- Offers university level accreditation or not
- The rating by the students
- Workload in hours per week (high/medium/low)
- The language it is in
- Time zone of the teacher
- Etc.
ENROLL
RESERVE
Every category contains all courses related to the
respective group. The user is able to choose between
more than one AI course for example by a different
provider. Some courses will require the student to
complete another course before they can be enrolled.
8. Create a study program
2. Select from pre-defined study programs:
Selected by us:
1. Computer Science
2. Economics and Finance
3. Investments
4. Biology and Chemistry
5. Electrical Engineering
Every category contains a pre-selected study program for
the duration of the study. The programs will be
developed internally based on user data on costs, time
zones, course availability, user ratings, user groupings,
relevance for the job market etc. New programs can be
added constantly and existing ones will be modified.
Year 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
Econ 101: Harvard
Accounting basics: Wharton
Mathematics: MIT
ENROLL
Estimated cost: $650
9. Create a study program
2. OR Select by employer recommendations:
Job titles:
1. Product Manager at Google
2. Developer at Facebook
3. Electrical Engineer at GE
4. Marketing Manager at Coca Cola
5. HR at Tesla Motors
Every category will be developed with the respective employers to best
match what they need. They will be able to drive course provider selection,
workloads etc. They can have first call on potential job/intern candidates.
The will be able to offer own niche courses within the curriculum. They will
be able to adjust the study program during the studies (for example what
the curriculum contains next year) based on the changing needs of the
companies.
Year 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
CS 101: Stanford
Mathematics: MIT
Physics: India Institute of Technology
Algorithms: Udacity
ENROLL
Estimated cost: $1110
10. Student profile
3. Go study:
Student dashboard and profile:
- Number of credits received
- Program overview and calendar
- Your grades
- Your progress
- Estimated cost of the degree based on the selected courses
- My certificates (earned so far)
- My ratings (how the user has rated the classes and teachers)
- My team projects
- My tests
- My hangouts
- My CV
- My extracurricular projects
- My notes
- My voice and video recordings
- My essays
- My tools
- My recommendations (given and received)
- My classmates
11. Site features
3. Go study:
Global community:
- Forum
- Team projects
- Hall of Fame
- Featured courses
- Cases studies
- Featured jobs
- Offline study groups
- Course languages
- Course comparisons
- Etc.
