MILWAUKEE (August 26, 2015) – Epiphany Learning, an edtech company dedicated to making personalized learning a reality in classrooms throughout the world, today launched version 2.0 of its Epiphany Learning Personalized Learning Application. A year of research observing how learners, teachers and administrators use the student-centric, K-12 web-based personalized learning application inspired a number of pioneering upgrades enhancing the application’s performance for its users.
“At Epiphany Learning we’re on a mission to transform education by putting the learner back in the center of their education,” states Laura Henderson, founder and CEO of Epiphany Learning. “A mission requiring us to constantly evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of learners, teachers and administrators. We spent the last year researching user interaction with our application and version 2.0 is the culmination of our findings.”
“At Epiphany Learning we’re on a mission to transform education by putting the learner back in the center of their education,” states Laura Henderson, founder and CEO of Epiphany Learning. “A mission requiring us to constantly evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of learners, teachers and administrators. We spent the last year researching user interaction with our application and version 2.0 is the culmination of our findings.”
New features included in the Epiphany Learning Personalized Learning Application version 2.0 include:
• New Configurators: Schools can customize the application – and their personalized learning environments – at the district, school, grade and class level without custom development.
• Teacher Dashboards: Teachers can access all classes, students and assignments by different levels and layers for ease of use in a more intuitive and user-friendly dashboard.
• Co-Teaching Friendly: Complements co-teaching environments by letting teachers easily share information among colleagues/co-teachers.
• Standards-Based Grading Support:
o Supports the Standards Mastery Reporting Tool (SMART) system – a new grading system, created by teachers to report student mastery of concepts and skills.
o Standards-based, or SMART grading, allows assignments to be graded based on one or many standards instead of one generic letter or number grade.
• Updated K-2 Profile:
o Now picture and audio friendly, version 2.0 encourages young learners to upload their own sound clips and photos, and attach them to goals they create.
o The Learning Inventory has been changed from a question, word-based format to an image- only format.
o The overall appearance of the profile has been modified, making it more visually appealing and functional for K-2 learners.
• New Configurators: Schools can customize the application – and their personalized learning environments – at the district, school, grade and class level without custom development.
• Teacher Dashboards: Teachers can access all classes, students and assignments by different levels and layers for ease of use in a more intuitive and user-friendly dashboard.
• Co-Teaching Friendly: Complements co-teaching environments by letting teachers easily share information among colleagues/co-teachers.
• Standards-Based Grading Support:
o Supports the Standards Mastery Reporting Tool (SMART) system – a new grading system, created by teachers to report student mastery of concepts and skills.
o Standards-based, or SMART grading, allows assignments to be graded based on one or many standards instead of one generic letter or number grade.
• Updated K-2 Profile:
o Now picture and audio friendly, version 2.0 encourages young learners to upload their own sound clips and photos, and attach them to goals they create.
o The Learning Inventory has been changed from a question, word-based format to an image- only format.
o The overall appearance of the profile has been modified, making it more visually appealing and functional for K-2 learners.
Completely configurable and featuring responsive design, the Epiphany Learning Personalized Learning Application harnesses the power of personalized learning to empower students and is easy to implement on a large scale.
Visit epiphanylearning.com to start using version 2.0 today, and call 262-395-4792 or email [email protected] to schedule a demo.
About Epiphany Learning
Epiphany Learning is a Learning Relationship Management System (LRMS) dedicated to making personalized learning a reality in classrooms throughout the world. Launched in 2014, the Epiphany Learning Personalized Learning Application is a K-12, studentcentric, web-based application that develops personalized learning plans, integrates with Student Information Systems (SIS) and links to Learning Management Systems (LMS). Epiphany Learning, education in high gear. Learn more at epiphanylearning.com.
