Reflection

Challenge & Selection    The tool that I chose is the learning launch tool, this tool will help gain insight on  what people need and experiment with different ideas to choose the best one  through trial and error. As well as collect data that will be useful if I applied it or if  I decided to shelf an idea for the future. The challenge I will propose my solution  to is online learning methods for middle school students during this pandemic,  especially online meetings. My team will consist of a diverse group of teachers,  psychologists, IT specialists and a statistical consultant. During these online  meetings the teacher explains their material using slides, videos, and some other  form of documents. For some students this may be a problem since they cannot  focus or they have too many distractions in their household, as a parent myself I  find it very hard to look over my children while they study. Even if they look  focused sometimes their minds wander off.     Application    The application will include a survey sent to the students as well as the  parents/guardians, the scope will cover one class from each grade of one school.  The first step will be a base for the idea, it consists of collecting data that will help  us identify what students and parents truly need. In the survey there will be a  different and more unique method of learning that I think will make students pay  more attention and engage with the class and the teacher. Through a survey, we  can customize the learning experience of the student for example, some students  may be able to focus for 20 minutes but after that they lose their attention, so a  class’s duration would be tweaked to their needs. The students who have similar  answers on the survey will be grouped on the same class and have their own  schedule that can truly optimize their learning experience. After applying the  learning launch their grades will be compared before and after the learning  launch as well as their attendance and behavior towards their learning  experience.

The second learning launch will be the way of teaching, some students are more  of a visual learner than an auditory learner, a second survey will be surrounding  this topic. There is a test where students can find out what type of learning styles  they are the best at, and based on that the material will be customized for the  student that will help in honing their skills and most importantly keeping their  minds active throughout the school day.     Insight    After the learning launch, our team would have gathered enough knowledge  about this topic and could create a hybrid of learning styles and duration by  mashing some of the most common responses found in the survey, but not  forgetting the outliers, and making a special schedule and learning style for them  to engage with. Or perhaps create a software with an algorithm that could  accurately tailor each student’s needs and learning style into a clear schedule.  Regarding syncing up with the class, since schedules would be different.  Assignments’ deadlines would have a range for example 2-3 days after all  students finish from a lesson where they could have enough time to submit their  homework.     Approach    To conclude, the learning launch tool is very useful to identify peoples’ needs and  it’s is great for narrowing an idea into a specific concept. These are just the first  two launches meaning more will happen and these results and data will be crucial  to perfecting the system that was already built by our team.

