Kingswood College is a prestigious educational institution with a remarkable history of 129 years. It is a boys’ school with about 3500 students which is situated in Kandy, the hill capital of the country. The school is reputed for its astounding environment and the exceptional performance in Rugby. Currently, there are about 200 teachers working in the school. It is quite a large institution withholding a good reputation for education as well as for school sports.
Ewisclassroom was established in the school during the covid-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka to enable the students to continue their education at home. It is a sophisticated learning management system which gives the teachers as well as the students the opportunity to carry on their teaching learning process amidst numerous difficulties which arise in the society.
When the entire world was facing its greatest challenge overcoming the Covid 19 pandemic, a few cases were reported in March 2020 in Sri Lanka. As a precaution, the government announced a lockdown for the whole country, where the schools were one of the first institutions to be closed immediately. Not even half of the first school term has passed, but the students as well as the teachers were asked to stay at home. As an immediate solution for the problematic situation, WhatsApp groups were created for each class and school work was shared through these groups. Only written activities could be shared through these groups and it lacked the reciprocal feedback. Students could neither see nor hear their teachers but had access to only written work. Thus, a need for a better teaching learning platform arose.
The main challenge of using LP+365 was familiarising the students and teachers with the use of new technology. Many of the teachers were not familiar with using the technology for their teaching process as the Sri Lankan education system is based on examinations and direct instructions are used in the process and technology is hardly used. Therefore, a few training sessions had to be carried out for the teachers to be familiar with the LP+365 platform.
There were a lot of issues with signing in to the system, but it was resolved by sharing photos and video tutorials made in their first language. Students too had trouble signing in, but with proper guidance and instructions the problem could be solved.
LP+365 has turned a new leaf in the teaching learning process of the school and has given the opportunity for students and the teachers to access a sophisticated learning management system where they could carry out their studies in a refined manner. School community, including parents and the past pupils are overwhelmed by the initiation of this system as it represents another leap which has been taken by Kingswood College in perfecting the education given to the students. The learners are benefited immensely as they are enabled with a continuous education no matter what happens.
“LP+365 has changed the regular teaching learning process of our school and it has permitted access to an extensive variety of apps and MS Teams is our favourite”
“Ewisclassroom is a platform where the teacher can share the content and activities of his/her lessons in a very state of the art manner”
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Learning Possibilities has built a world class team that has over 100 years edtech experience. The team is Chaired by the Prof of Learning and Innovation – Stephen Heppell, and led by Dr Mehool Sanghrajka, who led significant education businesses at two FTSE250 companies prior to founding Learning Possibilities. Other key members include Mandeep Dhillon, formerly of Close Brothers, where he led transformation and delivery; and Vishaal Shah who has a decade of finance and investment experience.
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Our LP+ Learning and Collaboration platform was created in 2005 in partnership with Microsoft, Dell and Intel. It has pedagogy at its heart, and from the outset was designed to drive transformation and create new models of education. In 2010, Learning Possibilities published its pedagogical framework – ADOPT – which was selected as the UK’s National Learning Platform Adoption Model, by the UK Department for Education.
For details, see: The Adopt Framework
The LP+365 has been at the forefront of innovation in driving online teaching and learning, and has been recognised through several awards including the prestigious BETT Award, 2 Education Investor Awards, and 2 Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Runner-Up (Education) Awards. We have also Microsoft’s Global Partner in Education.
For details, see: Awards
The LP+365 platform was designed for School Districts and Governments, and built to securely scale through both private and public clouds. The platform has been used by over 600,000 learners in Wales for over six years ( https://lpplus.com/wales-showcase/ ), where the Minister of Education called LP+ a ‘world class platform’. In developing country examples, Learning Possibilities is currently working on a 25m learner project in the Philippines. ( https://lpplus.com/philippines-showcase/ ).
For details, see: Wales Showcase
Learning Possibilities is a ‘social enterprise’ focused on the impact of its work. We publish details of our major studies, including Prof. Don Passey’s (Lancaster University) independent evaluation of the LP+ platform, and the Welsh Government’s report of Learning in Digital Wales.
For details, see: Research
1. Team
Learning Possibilities has built a world class team that has over 100 years edtech experience. The team is Chaired by the Prof of Learning and Innovation – Stephen Heppell, and led by Dr Mehool Sanghrajka, who led significant education businesses at two FTSE250 companies prior to founding Learning Possibilities. Other key members include Mandeep Dhillon, formerly of Close Brothers, where he led transformation and delivery; and Vishaal Shah who has a decade of finance and investment experience.
For details see: Team
2. Pedagogy
Our LP+ Learning and Collaboration platform was created in 2005 in partnership with Microsoft, Dell and Intel. It has pedagogy at its heart, and from the outset was designed to drive transformation and create new models of education. In 2010, Learning Possibilities published its pedagogical framework – ADOPT – which was selected as the UK’s National Learning Platform Adoption Model, by the UK Department for Education.
For details, see: https://lpplus.com/the-adopt-framework/ Adopt Framework
3. Innovation
The LP+365 has been at the forefront of innovation in driving online teaching and learning, and has been recognised through several awards including the prestigious BETT Award, 2 Education Investor Awards, and 2 Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Runner-Up (Education) Awards. We have also Microsoft’s Global Partner in Education.
For details, see: https://lpplus.com/about/awards/
4. Scale
The LP+365 platform was designed for School Districts and Governments, and built to securely scale through both private and public clouds. The platform has been used by over 600,000 learners in Wales for over six years ( https://lpplus.com/wales-showcase/ ), where the Minister of Education called LP+ a ‘world class platform’. In developing country examples, Learning Possibilities is currently working on a 25m learner project in the Philippines. ( https://lpplus.com/philippines-showcase/ ).
For details, see https://lpplus.com/wales-showcase/
5. Impact
Learning Possibilities is a ‘social enterprise’ focused on the impact of its work. We publish details of our major studies, including Prof. Don Passey’s (Lancaster University) independent evaluation of the LP+ platform, and the Welsh Government’s report of Learning in Digital Wales.
For details, see: https://lpplus.com/education/research/