Curriki: A Non-Profit Providing Effective Solutions for Educators and Corporations

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Since the integration of technology in education, tech corporations and gurus have invested a lot of time and energy into developing innovative platforms, applications, and digital resources to enhance the educational experience for educators and students. Though these innovations have proven instrumental in enhancing both in-person instruction and remote learning, current times have increased the demand and urgency to overcome common obstacles of the Education Divide. 

COVID-19 Highlights The Education Divide 

In an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, government officials opted to cancel all in-person instruction and switch to distance learning. This process, however, was met with many obstacles along the way. Around the world, school administrators and education leaders struggled to find comprehensive solutions to provide high-quality education across the board. 

Inequalities in education that were present long before the pandemic have become more apparent. Poorly-funded school districts lack the funding to provide students with the necessary technology to create positive distance learning environments while students in more affluent areas can easily access such resources. As a result, students have fallen behind academically as they struggle to comprehend and adapt. 

Curriki Offers A Solution

Curriki is a non-profit organization that’s been around for more than a decade. The company’s focus is to help bridge the educational gap by developing a free open-source platform for educators, corporations, and content creators that’s easily accessible to students no matter where they are. 

As more than a billion students transitioned to distance learning earlier this year, educators have had to answer some really big questions. “How do you make educational content easily accessible to students?” and “How do you create content that is educational yet engaging enough to provide an immersive learning experience for K-12 students?” are at the top of the list. The smart technology found on Curriki.org offers a solution.

CurrikiStudio For Better Educational Content

Educating students from diverse backgrounds with different learning styles is something that teachers have learned to master (for the most part) in the classrooms. Using the resources and curriculum provided by the school board teachers have gone from a complete lecture-style approach to incorporating strategies like learning through play, group reading, arts and crafts, experiments, field trips, integrating technology, and much more. 

The coronavirus pandemic struck the world and teachers suddenly found themselves back in the same position. How are they going to teach their students (who are now learning from home) in an engaging way? They tried things like video conferences for class lectures, giving out reading assignments from digital textbooks, uploading instructional videos, and providing students with online resources for further comprehension. Unfortunately, what was discovered is that students were not only having a tough time comprehending the lessons, but they weren’t as engaged

CurrikiStudio can help to bridge the gap for teachers as well as corporations that develop educational content for K-12 Students. It is the first free and open authoring tool for educators and content developers to create fun, engaging, and interactive. CurrikiStudio was designed to make creating compelling content easier, faster, and affordable for those in the education industry. 

The process is simple and requires no prior coding experience whatsoever. Users can simply select the type of activity they wish to create from Currki’s long list of learning interactions (adaptive, scenario, interactive videos, etc). Next, they can use the tools in CurrikiStudio to arrange their content into a lesson plan, playlist, or program for students to access. Lastly, the content is published on a platform of your choosing. 

CurrikiGo for Efficient Publishing

CurrikiGo is a publishing platform that makes it easier for educators and/or content creators to publish and distribute their content to students. After designing educational content in the form of playlists, modules, courses, or programs, you can easily publish the content on the learning management system of your choice ranging from Google Classroom to Coursera and more. 

School districts with lower budgets can benefit from the CurrikiGo tool in that it allows teachers to create and distribute content for free to their students on various learning management systems. This not only means free and accessible instruction for students, but it lowers the budget for already taxed school systems as the content can be transferred and redistributed on any platform. So, should a school decide to switch LMS, this free content can still be accessed by students. 

The big transition to distance learning was trying for all involved parties. Students struggled to remain on task with uninteresting lessons and limited resources. Educators and content creators struggled with how to develop interactive content that engaged a diverse set of learners beyond the classroom. 

Curriki, a non-profit organization committed to change and innovation for distance learning developed innovative technologies like CurrikiStudio and CurrikiGo to fill in the gap. Now, teachers and educational content creators have a free, open, easy-to-use platform to both develop engaging content and distribute it to their students for more affordable and immersive learning across the board. 

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