Reflection- Learning Launches

How my school used learning launches to make a comfortable

environment during online learning

Challenge:

I’m a highschool student in Quito Ecuador and I don't have a business yet so

I'll be talking on how my school used learning  launches to make a comfortable  environment during online learning.

On february 29, 2020​ ​Ecuador reported the first case of Covid-19 in

Guayaquil and it wasn't very long until it hit Quito. We were told that we were going  to start online learning and it was something new to us and so for the school. The  challenge they had was to keep the students busy but not overwhelmed and keep a  regular school schedule, they also had to make sure that students would do their  work and keep the school year going fluently and also to create a comfortable  learning experience. This was a really difficult challenge because this was new to  everyone and the school didn't know how to act and neither did the students. And the  most difficult challenge was that they needed to find a way to satisfy teachers and  students at the same time.     Selection:

The school used learning launches to learn and gather information on how to

to take control on such a new topic for them, as online learning. A learning launch is  an affordable experiment that gathers data to solve a problem. The school decided  to use this tool to learn from the opinions of teachers and students and with that data  they could solve the problems they had.     Application:

After a lot of quick thinking and quick decision making the school decided to

send an email to all the students and teachers that had attached a google form with  questions for them to answer. Some of them were: Would you be more comfortable  with homework or without homework? or Would you like to work more individually or  with other people during this time? In total they made 13 questions that students and  teachers would answer,they would also have explain the answer to give more helpful  feedback.They use this data to learn about what the students and the teachers  wanted and then make a program that would satisfy both.

Insight:

After receiving all the data they needed, the school officials were surprised.

For example, they thought their students would want homework to keep them busy  since they had nothing else to do, but the students voted and they decided they don't  want homework because they felt like they would be overwhelmed by all the work  assigned. The school's way of thinking changed completely after reading and  gathering all the data they had, so they decided to take action.      Approach:

The school decided to make a viable way of learning so teachers and

students can receive value achieving their goals, they also took the students advise  to make the school a better place overall after the pandemic is over. They included  zoom and google hangouts ( apps where you can video call, voice call and text) to  the schools main page because students requested it so they could see their  teachers and friends during learning.  Every week the school sends new google forms receive new feedback and  notifications . Over a course of 4 weeks the school has added a bunch of resources  and new websites that makes a better learning experience for all. Everyone has  been satisfied with the measures the school has taken and this was all achieved only  by using the method of learning launches.

