Your education is our goal

An Education that is yours. That is our fundamental vision, where people learn out of their own curiosity and really explore “What do I want to learn?”.

Unfortunately, current formal education doesn't encourage people to ask that question. It's not made to adapt to the way people learn on an individual basis and it fails to capture their intrinsic motivation to learn.

In fact, we argue current formal education deteriorates intrinsic motivation. Not only in its students, but also in its teachers!

Problems in our current education model

Problem	Solution
Lack of Personalization, Lack of Choice	Students define their own Learning Path Our learning platform goes beyond the traditional idea of subjects like Math, Physics, Languages or History. Because the content will be created by the community, the possibilities are endless. Some possibilities are: Cooking Gardening Woodworking Film Making Medicine Law Anime Design Architecture Music It's also possible a project encompasses elements from a combination of subjects. For example, a product design project could be a combination of Math, Physics, Engineering and Art.
Bad Feedback from exams / work	Feedback from peers and teachers is built in to the system Grading isn't feedback. In most cases the grade is perceived as more important than the learning. It's the standart in most classical highschools to be taught to sit down, be quiet, and listen to the teacher. It is only in rare cases that students are encouraged to give feedback to each other. We want to change this by making feedback from peers and teachers a core part of the learning process.
Focus on grades, certificates and diplomas.	The proof is in the pudding. Students hand in their work and make it visible to the public. While these are seen as a “proof” of learning, they remove the focus from what was actually learned. For instance all the effort that was put into notes that were done during lectures / classes are often lost upon graduation. Instead, we want to certify that a student has learned something by having them show their work to the public. CV wise this carries more weight as experts in the field can actually engage and see the work you've done. They can interact with the comments and feedback given by others and get a overall more in depth view of your skills.
Lack of overview of students.	Student progress is tracked and easily evaluated by teachers and other school staff Teachers often resort to many different solutions to keep track of their students. A popular approach is to use a LMS (Learning Management System) like Moodle or Blackboard. We want to provide a more intuitive and user-friendly way to track and engange with students regarding their progress. (Graphs, etc.)
Failure is punished	In our system, "failure" is seen as a actual learning opportunity. While almost everyone agrees that it's okay and even important to fail, and many schools will say they encourage failing. In reality failure in school is punished: Getting a bad grade Redoing a year Mandatory extra classes ... We eliminate this by not having grades and by not having a fixed pace. If you "fail", you just try again. In fact "failure" is simply determined if a student deems that a learning objective has not been met.

Early prototype of the Learning Graph on our platform. It visualises a students personal Learning Path.

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FAQ

How can teachers integrate your platform into their existing curriculum?

Our platform is/will be accessible for anyone to create projects and share them with students. It helps you set up a curriculum while giving a lot of independence and options for students to be in charge of their own learning.

It also puts a strong focus on learning goals (“concepts”) more than specific projects, allowing students to learn the same concepts in multiple different projects created by the community.

What features do you offer to enhance student learning?

Our model puts trust in the learner. We want intrinsic motivation to be the core, so we don't offer external rewards for this reason. We not only agree with “You're learning for yourself, not for anyone else,” but we also think it's time to apply it because way too often children realize that grades, diplomas, and social pressure are the reasons why they learn.

We want to reduce this and work towards a model that fixes it. Students can subscribe to any existing project without restrictions, letting them study anything that catches their interest. Every user of the platform can create or submit updates to projects, helping maintain things up to date and the overall quality.

Are physical schools obsolete?

No! The platform is accessible to everyone online, but schools are essential for social development and learning to work in a team. However, the pandemic has shown that a lot of learning can also be done online.

A connected platform allows your top students in art, math, or kernel development to find similarly minded students from anywhere to discuss, provide feedback, or work together on advanced topics, but it doesn't compete with the physical space to meet, share, and learn.

We view it as a more hybrid approach.

What technical requirements are needed to use your platform ?

We are building a web-based platform, so all you need is a modern web browser.

How can schools provide feedback or request new features ?

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