Indian edtech firm ConnectEd joins hand with US-based ASU Prep to scale up personalized learning in India
Bengaluru : Fast-emerging edtech leader ConnectEd has partnered with US-based ASU Preparatory Academy to scale up personalized learning in India. ConnectEd realizes that students today compete in a global field and wants to take advantage of ASU Preps tools and techniques developed in the US to improve learning outcomes in India. The edtech firm will adapt them to Indian curricula and the needs of Indian students. For ASU Prep this is an opportunity to impact a bigger, more diverse audience with their transformational approach to self-paced learning that levels the playing field for students from varied backgrounds with diverse talents and ambitions.
Commenting on the partnership Dennis Matthew, ConnectEd’s CEO said, “Our collaboration with ASU Prep is pivotal in creating personalized learning ecosystems for learners for their all-round development. We are confident that by leveraging our partner’s experience and expertise, we will be able to support educational institutes in helping students achieve their personal growth and career objectives”.
With a personalized and project-based approach, ConnectEd and ASU Prep will empower learners coming from diverse backgrounds and communities with the support they need to understand and apply concepts, think critically and excel in standardized exams. This partnership is a key enabler of ConnectEd’s mission to enhance learning outcomes with a combination of online classroom learning in small batches and personalized learning through tailored courses that incorporate immersive content and offer students the freedom to learn topics of their interest at their own pace.
Lisa Edgar, ASU Prep’s Chief Partnership Officer said, “We are on a mission to deliver new learning models with a personalized approach to help students from various backgrounds achieve academic success. Considering the enormous diversity across we see across cultures and communities in India we believe our partnership with ConnectED gives us the opportunity to benefit a very large talent pool by ensuring holistic learning.”
Notably, ConnectEd has developed a framework that pairs online classrooms focused on engagement and interactive learning augmented by frequent testing, counsellor inputs and guided asynchronous learning in collaboration with parents. ConnectEd is a socially conscious organization and aims to give students an affordable option to improve learning outcomes. They currently support CBSE English medium students from 7th to 10th. More than 30 of their students score 95% or above in their 10th board examinations last year. Notably, all of them scored more than 95 in Maths The company is also associated with Bloom India, that offers subsidised to free learning to 100+ students every year.