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EW SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

               How and why schools need to strengthen their online

                  presence for the longer term with Fliplearn Edge



                                            Fliplearn tools have been curated   Complicating the scenario, cost has
                 he Covid-19 pandemic     to give schools and teachers     also become a major concern for
                 has brought enormous     complete control of their students’   parents and schools.
                 disruption to the world
         Tand nobody has been             learning and to offer a fun and   To address this anomaly,
                                          interactive learning experience.
         able to escape its impact even as we   Fliplearn Edge enables teachers to   Fliplearn Edge has stepped forward
         brace to face its after-effects.  upload videos, photos, or content at   and waived its subscription to
           The stress on education has been   will while allowing for individual   schools across the country till
         particularly marked as schools shut   innovation and creativity. Teachers   March 2022 to ensure students
         down and classes were suspended   can also create question papers   have uninterrupted access to
         leaving an entire generation of   through an inbuilt bank with each   information. Its custom-made,
         students without schooling or    question allowing a pre-set flexible   engaging, and simplified content,
         instruction. Faced with this sudden   format for answers - objective type,   and easy access to an array of
         challenge, schools have begun    short answer type, or long answer   impressive features, has helped
         grappling with means and methods   type. The automated checker for   simplify teaching and learning
         of transcending this unusual     both objective and subjective tests   by teachers. Instant broadcasting,
         obstruction. Struggling to complete   gives the teacher more time for   scheduling, assessments and
         the syllabus and ensure continued   personalized attention to each   dashboards  have bridged the
         learning, most schools across the   child.                        channel of information sharing with
         country had to quickly adapt to                                   students, parents, teachers, and
         new technologies and per force     E-learning needs access to     more.
         adopt e-learning for imparting   devices and the internet, and of   Fliplearn’s mantra: No school –
         lessons to students in all fields and   course the motivation to explore the   or child – left behind.
         disciplines.                     new virtual platform of learning. It   Digital transformation has
                                          is an excellent method of imparting
           Technology has thus become     lectures unbound by location or   made the education system more
         the catalyst of this transition and   time. Teachers can opt for the   transparent and equal. It has led to
         has resulted in significant demand   timings as per their convenience.   an unprecedented transformation
         for e-learning platforms so that   Fliplearn Edge is a virtual learning   from teacher-centric education
         the academic journey of students   tool for learning institutions to   to student-centric education.
         does not get obstructed. In effect,   help guide, monitor and evaluate   Fliplearn’s virtual classrooms and
         online education has taken on a   a student’s learning even when   various online tools, incorporating
         new meaning and portends to be   the child is away from school.   audio-visual content, flipped
         the new normal in education in the   Blended learning with an e-learning   classroom strategy, 2D and 3D
         future.                          support system will enrich the K12   content , quizzes, and so on are
           Education in a post Covid world:    teaching-learning space.    helping to continue and enhance
                                                                           the engagement between the
         How Fliplearn Edge has helped      Technology bridges the divide:   teacher and students as close to the
         Schools                          Fliplearn waives off subscription  classroom-type experience.
           To help speed up the process and   Although a significant number
                                                                            Online learning offers a lot
         close the gap, apps like Fliplearn   of schools have adopted the new   of advantages to teachers and
         Edge by Fliplearn, which was one   normal to meet the student’s   students; it also enhances the
         of the prominent apps launched   academic needs, the challenges of   technical and presentation skills
         just before the lockdown, offer   the digital divide still remain and   of both teacher and student. It also
         customized interactive content and   schools and students as well as   helps in time management. Online
         learning experience. No surprise   teachers in non-metro cities, small   learning will be the new normal
         then, that Fliplearn Edge saw a   towns and rural and semi-rural   and is imminent that e-learning
         remarkable increase in subscribers   areas are still hamstrung by limited   platforms will only play a greater
         with more than 3 lakh school     access to an internet connection,   role as technology continues to
         students, 15,000 teachers, and 250   equipment, skills and working   improve the education system in
         schools getting on board in this   conditions to take advantage of   India through cost-effective and
         transition time.                 these new Edu-tech platforms.    user-friendly digital solutions.

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