(EDU201) How Technology is Transforming Education | AWS re:Invent 2014
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November 14, 2014 | Las Vegas, NV
Tony Abate, Chief Operating Officer | Echo360, Inc.
John Stuart, Director DevOps | Chegg
We believe in the importance of
connecting instructors and students
to improve all
critical teaching-learning moments
before, during, and after class
Institutions
4,000
Students
20 Million
Annual Tuition
$350B
Institutions
20,000
Students
150 Million
Annual Tuition
$1,500B
2 Million students generating 38 Million views per month
at 625 schools in 30 countries
Solitary Study
To
Engagement & Collaborative
Learning
Lecture Halls
to
Anywhere & Anytime Learning
Episodic Feedback
To
Continuous Learning Insights
Sage on Stage
To
Guide on Side
Teach class as usual; use
polls to engage students;
address confusing topics;
webcast to remote students
Review presentation
feedback; endorse student
answers to Q&A thread;
identify at-risk students
Review learning content;
collaborate with peers;
answer gateway quizzes
Take notes; bookmark for
study guide;
flag confusing content; ask
questions
Review content and notes
on-demand; review Q&A
feed; collaborate with peers
anytime & all the time
Instructor
Student
Class time
Create learning modules;
upload material; add
gateway quizzes; or Flip the
Class
1. BEFORE 2. DURING 3. AFTER
FLIPPED CLASSROOM:5% increase in final exam scores over three years
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT:Student in-class interaction rose from 3% to 65%
STUDENT SATISFACTION:93% of students said their learning improved
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS:Use learning analytics to create student success indicators
ADDRESS OVER ENROLLMENT:Live stream classes and seminars when classrooms are full
ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS:Online masters degree with global enrollment
DISTANCE LEARNING:Repurposed courses online for 117,000 students
INCREASE ENROLLMENT:Increased class enrollment 150% without adding sections
Students Rating Echo360 vs. Textbook as
“Very Important”
70%
27%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
EchoSystem Textbooks
Cost of Echo360 vs. Textbook
per Student per Year
$30
$1,100
0
250
500
750
1,000
1,250
EchoSystem Textbooks
S3
Media
Storage
Active Learning Application
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Capture
DevicesCapture
DevicesCapture
Devices
Mobile
File Upload
Webcam
Media
ProcessorMedia
ProcessorMedia
Processor
Virtu
al
Cla
ssro
om
CM
S /
Lib
rary
Ad
min
Po
rtal
LMSUniversity
Portal
Device API
Dynamo
DB
Instructor
Student
Admin
3rd Party API
LTIAuthentication
Services
We
b S
erv
er
AnalyticsProfiles Sections
Search Persistence Logging
Shared Business Logic
S3 Media
Storage
Cloud-
Search
Papertrail
Segment-
IO
• Amazon EC2
• ELB
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon SQS
• AWS OpsWorks
• Amazon CloudSearch
• Amazon S3
• Amazon CloudFront
• Amazon Route 53
0
10
20
30
40
Enterprise Cloud
Benefits Enterprise Cloud
Reliability 99.0 – 99.5% 99.95%
ScalabilityLimited/
Manual
Dynamic/
Automatic
Disaster
RecoveryContent Only
Application &
Content
SupportBusiness
Hours7/24/365
Cost per Student per Year ($)
https://github.com/CheggEng
www.chegg.com/jobs
http://people.chegg.com/2014/04/24/spotlight-ryan-
lewon/
http://bit.ly/awsevals