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What?. “A  learning platform  is a framework of tools that work seamlessly together to deliver a student centric learning experience by unifying educational theory & practice, technology and content.” Wikipedia. Improve teaching quality Improve the learning experience Improve student results

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  1. What? “A learning platform is a framework of tools that work seamlessly together to deliver a student centric learning experience by unifying educational theory & practice, technology and content.” Wikipedia

  2. Improve teaching quality • Improve the learning experience • Improve student results • Save time • Reduce costs Why?

  3. Who we are • Leading learning platform provider • Focus solely on educational institutions • One of Deloitte's Top 50 Growth Tech Companies in 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 • Founded in 1999 in Bergen, Norway

  4. Our goals • Improve education for teachers and learners • Offer the best learning platform to educational institutions • Help our customers develop and maintain high user adoption • Be the best learning platform provider worldwide

  5. What our customers want us to solve Problems most institutions want us to solve • The existing learning platform is not used • Replacing an out of date LMS/VLE software • Inefficiency in creating and sharing resources (affects teacher time & teaching quality) • Difficulty in engaging students with 21st century technology • It’s hard to give parents the information they need

  6. Our partners

  7. Our mission To help teachers and learners support, improve and transform their teaching and learning processes Through our learning platform and services we help: • Learners increase their motivation so they can fulfill their potential • Educators and learners do more in less time each day • Educational institutions improve the teaching experience • Educational institutions manage their curriculum • Parents motivate, support and engage in their children’s school work

  8. Where we work

  9. itslearning in numbers 13 Years of experience 20%Employees with a background in educational 27%Resources that are put into design and development 70%Approximate user adoption after one year of use 200 Employees

  10. itslearning in numbers 4 Releases a year 85% Customers who would recommend itslearning 99.9%Average uptime Millions Users around the globe

  11. itslearning in numbers 11,995 New courses created each month 650,000 Internal messages sent each month 450,000 Resources added to courses each month 80,000 Activities added to courses each month 715,742 Unique users a week

  12. Future trends in educational IT The Horizon Report 2011 Learning analytics PLEs Cloud computing Mobile devices Game-based learning Open digital content 2014-2015 2012-2013 2016-2017

  13. Future trends in educational IT The PISA Report

  14. App suppliers

  15. New app suppliers (2011)

  16. User adoption • Why do virtually no institutions leaveitslearning? • Why do we often see 70% user rates within the first year of implementation?

  17. Why do almost no schools leave itslearning? • Ease of use = high user adoption • Cloud-based = Low total cost of ownership • Open architecture = easily adaptable and scalable • Teacher efficiency = more time for teaching

  18. Ease of use • Most teachers tell us that they can create a course in itslearning 3 times faster than in other learning platforms • Users need only a username, password and internet connection to get started • Interface is based on known software, so anyone who’s used software from Microsoft or Google will easily find their way around “Staff just had to log in and start using itslearning to see how easy it was to use…Our pupils have taken to it like second nature…day-to-day itslearning administration is far easier than I could have hoped for.“Craig Judd, Network Manager, Parkstone Grammar School, UK

  19. Cloud-based learning platform • Ready to go in 24 hours • No local installation or maintenance • Access anytime, anywhere • Fast deployment of updates • Secure environment • Fully scalable • Service level agreements Average uptime exceeds 99.9%

  20. Open architecture Any tool, any app • Seamless integration with 3rd party teaching tools • Single sign-on with other cloud services • Use web 2.0 without leaving the platform • Develop your own tools with our Software Development Kit Integrate with anything • Full integration with your MIS/SIS/SAS • Data import from your existing learning platform • Meets content standards, such as SCORM, AICC & IMS

  21. Open architecture

  22. Teacher efficiency • Shared teaching resources, tests and lesson plans • Automatic assessment and grading of tests • Individual or group feedback through emails or messaging • Fast and efficient reporting • Simple course import and copying • Single communication channel to students • “The students feet they got better feedback, almost as if they are individually coached.”Magali Raffin. Teacher, Lycée Jean Moulin, France

  23. The processes of learning Supporting the full cycle of education LEARN

  24. Plan • Store all your resources in one place • Create plans for single lessons, individual learners or courses • Connect individual learning plans to the curriculum • Match materials to different groups of students • Map activities against learning objectives and curriculums LEARN

  25. “Our students don’t need to worry about the details surrounding classes because everything is clearly available in itslearning. This takes a lot of the stress out of studying, so they can concentrate on learning.” Principal Lisbeth Eek Svensson, Horten Further Education College, Norway Planning teaching and learning

  26. Engage • Use project and collaboration tools to enable students to work together effectively • Use social media tools in a safe school environment • Motivate students with educational tools • Create and share teaching materials LEARN

  27. “itslearning lets the children use digital tools they’re used to, like YouTube, messaging and discussion forums, in a safe environment.” Teacher, Eastfield Primary School, UK Engaging students on their terms

  28. Teach • Use third-party applications and multimedia resources • Use your favourite web resources and applications • Tailor assignments for different learning styles • Re-use content made by other teachers LEARN

  29. Teaching tools

  30. Assess • Create digital multimedia tests • Use tools for formative and summative assessment • Give immediate feedback to individuals and groups • Follow up individual students quickly LEARN

  31. “itslearning makes planning, assessment, reporting and documenting much easier .”ManagingDirector Terje Risa, Akademiet, Norway Assessment tools

  32. “itslearning makes planning, assessment, reporting and documenting much easier .”ManagingDirector Terje Risa, Akademiet, Norway Test 2.0

  33. Test-Mode Browser • Students cannot: • Open other websites • Open other applications • Communicate with others • Access files on their computer, internet or other places in itslearning

  34. Reflect • Use individual learning plans, ePortfolios and blogs to encourage reflection • Use self-assessment tools with your students • Document students’ progress, goals and achievements LEARN

  35. “Parents can see how useful the reflective skills developed through ILPs are when their children have to take more responsibility for their education.”Monika Solvig, teacher, Hop Secondary School, Norway Encouraging reflection

  36. Report • Visualise learning outcomes for individuals and groups • Make reports available to stakeholders with one click • Use custom reports to analyse student/class data and performance • Use reports to support planning LEARN

  37. Automatic reporting

  38. Automatic reports

  39. Custom reports

  40. Where does itslearning fit in? The teacher/student digital universe

  41. School dashboard

  42. Sharing resources

  43. Parent dashboard

  44. Administrator itslearning Parent portal SCHOOL INFORMATION NEWS NEWSLETTERS ETC. All parents Parent portal for individual child INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL CHILD LESSON PLANS ATTENDANCE REPORTS GRADES BEHAVIOUR REPORTS ACTIVITIES, TESTS, ETC. INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLAN ATTENDANCE Mentors Child’s parents Subject teacher Student Parent dashboard communication flow

  45. Communication: Live@edu/Office 365 for education • A cloud-based email program from Microsoft • See all your email accounts in one place • 10 Gb email storage per user • Advertisement-free • Profanityfiltering • The option to block non-campus email • New email notifications direct to your dashboard • Single Sign-On • Automatic provisioning

  46. Inclusion Students can: • work in many different ways • access work from outside school • work at their own pace Teachers can: • easily create plans for individual students • set different or modified assignments and tests • keep in touch with email and messaging

  47. Special needs Guidelines we follow: • W3C’s WAI Guidelines (WCAG version 2.0 at level AA) • Section 508b in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)  itslearning is tested with:

  48. Development & release process • 12 month roadmap • Always the latest version • Updated 4-5 times a year • Limited or no downtime when new releases are launched • No work involved for users or administrators • Free webinar for teachers and admin staff • 27% of our resources are put into product development

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