So we took a different approach. We said it’s not about broadband. It is about getting digital assets that the students are engaging with inside the classroom in their hands outside the classroom, no matter whether they’ve got broadband or not. So what we did is develop a platform that allows us to take the content that’s being created and generated by the teachers, through their LMS systems, Google classroom homework, Canvas, whatever it is, and take those assignments and be able to put that data on a device along with a library of other content, such as videos, podcasts, eBooks—doesn’t matter to us.
ESN: Walk us through how it works:
RR: The content sits on a device, which is called Olivia. And this device stores that information. Each device is issued to a student, they take it home and plug it in, and just like a hotspot, they take their laptop or tablet out, log onto it, and they then have only access to the content that’s on and stored on the device. Back at school, it will upload any homework that’s been stored on the device that the student’s been working on, and download any new content that’s been curated since that device has been offline by the teacher and any new content that might be, uh, stored in the library. It’s very quick—less than a minute and away they go, plug it back in at home and log on.
ESN: What are your hopes for Olivia’s technologies in three to five years, hence?
RR: The way teachers are going to teach is heading in a direction where schools need to have a strategy of both inside the classroom as well as outside the classroom. And whether it’s us or not, those two have to come together in order to really continue down this path of taking advantage of what digital content does. It’s more efficient, it’s better focused, you can measure it. And so those are the things that we see moving down the path. And we believe Olivia plays a big role in helping to fulfill that strategy, both inside the classroom and outside the classroom, and ultimately looking at how we deliver a better user experience for those students no matter where they are.
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