W06: Mobile Learning
Mobile learning is quickly becoming a buzz word in the world of education. It is appearing in all areas of education from the public system, to corporate training, to personal growth (think duolingo). Take a moment to post what the term mobile learning means to you here https://www.menti.com/ Code: 64 94 24 At the […]
Word Monkey
For this assignment I created an imagined language-learning app. Language apps like Duolingo are incredibly popular, but after doing some research I discovered that they really do not work if one wants to develop language skills beyond some basic vocabulary and grammar skills. In addition, despite close to 30 million active users, Duolingo does not […]
Duolingo – Analyst Report (A1)
Hey everyone, Please follow the link or click on the Duolingo logo to access my Analyst Report website for Assignment 1: Duolingo Audit Duolingo is, in its simplest form, a language learning app that can help you learn almost any language you can think of – for free (even Klingon and High Valerian). All you need is […]
Ian Cheung and Abishek Gupta – co-founders of SpeechAce
For Hongkong software engineer Ian Cheung, his pain point was the need to speak English clearly enough to be understood when he worked in the Greater Seattle Area. He was unable to hear his own speech mistakes and could not have a teacher correct him 24/7. Pronunciation tools such as Rosetta Stone and Duolingo were inadequate […]
Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn
I’ve been using Duolingo lately in an attempt to learn Japanese. I’ve really been enjoying it – although I do admit to supporting my studies through the app with YouTube videos – and I decided to explore it for this week’s Founder’s Parade. The Learning Technology Venture – Duolingo Duolingo is a not-for-profit (freemium) science-driven […]
Memrise and Ed Cooke
Ed Cooke is the co-Founder and CEO of Memrise. Memrise began as a UK-based language learning app allowing people to easily learn a new language. Similar to Duolingo, it has courses that allow, for example, English-language learners to learn French or Japanese. In turn, courses are offered for speakers of other languages to learn a […]
A1: Duolingo
I have been fascinated by Duolingo’s vision to provide accessible and free education to all. There are very few good quality and extensive educational material and services that are completely free. Duolingo offers their entire content and service for free. It is not the usual freemium service provider where in order to gain access to […]
Week 7: Personalized Learning Summaries
Hi Everyone, Here are the results of the activities you have taken part in: Pre-Learning Survey Results (based on 14 responses): How familiar our peers are with personalized learning: 71% of peers are Somewhat Familiar 14% are Familiar 14% are Unfamiliar Three most important factors in order of their importance are: Personalized learning curricular Formative […]
Week 6: Microlearning Activity Summaries
Hi Everyone, Throughout the week, various activities allowed the opportunity for you to analyze multiple components and dimensions of microlearning. In activity 1, you tested various video clips to determine which would fit the constructed definition of ‘microlearning.’ Activity 2 created the opportunity to participate in a lesson focusing on the benefits and drawbacks for […]
Duolingo
Founder and CEO of Duolingo: Luis von Ahn Venture Name: Duolingo (Duolingo.com) Duolingo is a free language learning platform that employs a gamified skill tree and adaptive feedback tools to motivate potential “students” to learn a new language. 1 The software teaches languages to anyone with a smartphone or Internet connection. 2 Users gain experience […]
Memrise by Edward Cooke
The venture I will introduce is called Memrise, an application that lets you “learn any language” from a database of over 200 courses which adapts to various learning styles and allows users to create their own courses and flash cards, as well as encourage friendly competition with friends. Since its start in 2010, it has […]
Luis von Ahn and Duolingo
Luis von Ahn CEO and Co-founder of Duolingo is a free language learning website and app. Its value proposition is that is provides everyone with a fun, effective, world-class language learning experience. To raise money for its ad-free product, Duolingo provides translation services to customers, such as CNN, by leveraging the translation power of the […]
Hello from Mount Pleasant!
Hello fellow ETEC522 students! My name is Jordan, and I am an educator based out of Vancouver! While I completed my Bachelor’s in History and Political Science, I have since moved into the realm of teaching all things computer: music production, video editing, and much more. I am taking ETEC 522 because I am particularly […]
Week 9: Gaps and Opportunities
There were many technologies, uses and contexts for Personalized Learning Writing Technologies identified in the Week 9 OER with applications varying from Speech to Text, Text to Speech, Mind Mapping, Creative Writing etc. However, I found one area of personalized learning with respect to writing that was underrepresented in the examples provided by my peers […]
Week 9 -Assignment 3- Need for Assessment
The largest identified gap seems to be under the umbrella of assessment. Largely this gap has been addressed by the human element of the teacher. Peer and self-feedback are increasing in quantity and quality in many classrooms. How can the technology also be maximized to provide feedback. Thinking to the language learning app I studied […]
Duolingo: Free language education for the world
For my report I chose the language learning software Duolingo. My son is in a French immersion school and so I am personally reminded on a daily basis of the benefits of learning a second language. In an effort to learn with him, I sought out a solution that would provide me with interactive lessons, […]
Luis von Ahn: Entrepreneurial Watch List
Luis von Ahn CEO and Co-founder – Duolingo Duolingo is a mobile app designed for language learning. Learners, either basic or intermediate level speakers, are provided short 5-20 minute daily lessons. A series of multiple choice, matching, speaking or translations appear as challenges that are awarded points for successful completion. The lessons are recorded in […]
Luis von Ahn, Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo
Luis von Ahn Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo Duolingo is a free language learning app which uses the principles of gamification to motivate learners. Since its foundation in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, Duolingo has known continued success gathering over 50 million users. Since its […]
Jake Jolis, Verbling
Jake Jolis Cofounder & CEO at Verbling Verbling began as the Chatroulette, or a speed-dating version of language learning. At one point it was hailed as the best free software you’ve never heard of, and one of 150 brilliant new things you must try online. It competes with ventures such as Livemocha, Voxy, PlaySay, Duolingo, and Busuu. […]
Duolingo – Luis van Ahn
As an investor I believe many of the startups using free and freemium models aren’t finding the success they thought they’d find so I wanted to explore Duolingo’s model. Luis van Ahn is Co-Founder and CEO as well as a professor at Carnegie Melon Company – DuoLingo Duolingo is a dual language learning and text translation […]
Analyst Report – Duolingo
By Sayali on June 26, 2014
Hello, Please find my EVA for Duolingo at the following link – http://analystreport.weebly.com The Reflections are incorporated in the site itself. Please review / comment / suggest
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