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Transforming learning environments

through ‘Student Learning Profiles’

Divya Lal, Founder and CEO, Fliplearn Education Pvt. Ltd.

he power of data is exponential. shared study resources by means
In recent times, data usage has of detailed analytics and statistical
Tbecome increasingly vital. As the representations.
role of technology becomes multifold, it Valuable insights gained from a
generates huge amounts of information student’s learning journey including
that can yield meaningful insights on her academic strengths/ weaknesses
any domain. This has resulted in a data can help in making informed career
industry boom over the past decade. choices. The entirety of the journey
Nonetheless, data collection should be also spells out a comprehensive view
accompanied with its analysis to yield of the overall standing and learning
meaningful insights and foster healthy outcomes of a child throughout her
decision making. school life.
The Covid-19 pandemic clearly ‘Student Learning Profile’ -- India’s For school heads, it’s a game
accelerated the adoption of Edtech leading Edtech platform Fliplearn changer too. Until now, report
in education with data analytics plans to unleash the power of data and cards were the only measure for
paving the way for further automation analytics to provide meaningful insights school managements to gauge the
within the industry. Data is a crucial into children’s daily learning. This performance levels of the whole school,
resource for teachers as it gives them detailed profile created for all students individual classes, or students. But
continuous feedback and helps them is like an ever-ready report card for through the power of ‘Student Learning
understand students’ progression Schools, Teachers, Students and Profiles’ the entire picture of the overall
along the learning curve enabling them Parents to track and analyse children’s progress made by any subset comes
to plan their sessions appropriately. performance in class, subject, and true and transparent in just the click
Parents can also actively monitor their individual chapters. Educators can be of a button. This is a great enabler for
child’s daily progress with the help of privy to a child’s learning strengths managements to understand the grey
real-time dashboards now offered by and weaknesses at any point in time areas and improvise on the teaching-
Edtech firms. simply with a click of a button. This learning pedagogies accordingly.
Data undoubtedly is the elixir for any unique feature is a great enabler The learning insights foster a more
educational institution and its power is for educators to plough through the collaborative, connected ecosystem
beyond measure. progress feedback almost instantly for educators, students, and parents
Through its latest feature -- the on an everyday basis without adding alike. In an ideal learning environment,
to their workload while allowing them a learner’s data can be used to
to take corrective action accordingly. determine the optimal way to improve
On the other hand, parents too can performance and the overall learning
keep a close watch on their children’s experience through a personalised
academic progress without having to learning approach.
wait for formal assessments. Data analytics usage has prepared
The revolutionary feature also the ground for transforming learning
throws light on various aspects of a environments in terms of impact and
child’s overall learning vis-a-vis the outcome. The more data we gather
class, peers and his/her performance on our learners, the more insights
in assigned tasks like homework, we will get to improve educational
assessments, project work and experiences.

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