{"id":3730,"date":"2017-11-13T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2019-06-10T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:33:32","slug":"degrees-english-test-prep-app-danny-bielik-hopes-use-mobile-devices-teach-english-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/degrees-english-test-prep-app-danny-bielik-hopes-use-mobile-devices-teach-english-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"By Degrees&#8217; English Test Prep App and How Danny Bielik Hopes to Use Mobile Devices to Teach English Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently reported on the coming trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/forget-compatibility-mobile-learning-coming\/\">mobile only learning<\/a>, where institutions design eLearning modules exclusively for use via smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>One example of this is the Australian startup By Degrees, which recently announced their ELL test prep app. The company intends to use it to help English learners in India prepare for the Pearson Test in English. Unlike a more conventional eLearning program, By Degrees aims to teach via \u201cBurst Learning.\u201d This method developed by the startup involves recreating a social media environment.<\/p>\n<p>Many English learners typically take to social media to practice their new language in the first place. By Degrees hopes to replicate this setting to create an engaging, natural setting in which to prepare for the language test.<\/p>\n<p>I got in touch with CEO Danny Bielik via email to find out more about how By Degrees&#8217; ELL test prep app works.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Kronk: So &#8212; By Degrees is going to be available only on mobile devices. Why did you decide on this strategy? Why not make it available on PCs and desktops as well?<\/p>\n<p>Danny Bielik: A number of reasons. Really, we\u2019re trying to play to where the puck is going to be and not where it\u2019s been (Gretsky). We see a decline in desktops and laptops and a dramatic increase in mobile usage\u2014and the capabilities of these devices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3737\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3737\" src=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ELL App\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456-223x148.jpg 223w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456-360x241.jpg 360w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mci_2014_10_24-456.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Degrees CEO Danny Bielik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To understand By Degrees and Burst Learning you need to understand our philosophy. We are about student behavior &#8211; we\u2019re not a technology company. \u00a0How do people learn and how do they use their devices?<\/p>\n<p>Young people, in particular are now doing things in short bursts. If you couple that with the addictive behavior of social media, you\u2019re basically looking at what makes people tick in the digital age. So we FOLLOW behavior, we don\u2019t try to force people to learn our system. \u00a0This underscores our social-media-like approach, which effectively means mobile-native too.<\/p>\n<p>Second, we\u2019re looking at penetration in our core markets. \u00a0For Australians and Americans, we all have laptops or desktops and probably a few old ones gathering dust in the cupboard.<\/p>\n<p>But in emerging markets, particularly our initial market, India you see huge mobile penetration and growth. \u00a0Check out these two slides:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3735 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-40-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-40-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-40-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-40.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3736 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-39-300x225.png\" alt=\"ELL App\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-39-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-39-230x174.png 230w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/screenshot-39.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So you have enormous growth exclusively being driven by mobile [devices]. \u00a0In relative terms almost no-one has a desktop\/laptop and everything is being done by mobile.<\/p>\n<p>Third, you can do stuff on mobiles that you can\u2019t do on desktops. Think about being in the workplace and videoing a demonstration of performing a task competently. \u00a0How do you do that on a desktop?<\/p>\n<p>Students can contribute, critique, comment and rate posts all day, just like they do on social media. \u00a0Again, this doesn\u2019t map well to the desktop\/laptop environment.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth, we can securely determine WHO is doing our courses. \u00a0Convincing employers and licensing bodies of the veracity of eLearning qualifications is still a challenge for providers. The desktop\/laptop environment has to use eProctoring\u2014we consider this a clumsy kluge that students find creepy. \u00a0We can do so much better and students won\u2019t even realize we\u2019re doing it. \u00a0Employers demand it and security and veracity is essential for the truly global scale to billions of eLearning students.<\/p>\n<p>HK: We think your pedagogical approach is pretty cool, using a simulated social media platform instead of a more traditional learning module system. But how do you tailor this for the Pearson Test in English? Isn&#8217;t it awkward to use a colloquial approach to teach a more professional and precise standardized test?<\/p>\n<p>DB: In fact, it\u2019s easier. We want people to demonstrate their usage and comprehension of English\u2014we still take a modular approach and students are guided by their facilitators. \u00a0We have summative assessments we call \u2018Shots\u2019 that can simulate actual questions in test as well as the formative stuff we do in the \u2018Jams.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The structure is really driven by our facilitation model. \u00a0Our facilitators can pose activities that drive the students to post their own responses and questions\u2014plus other students can critique\/comment, just like on Facebook. \u00a0If we really do this right it looks like a facilitated conversation in a classroom environment, however part of the facilitator\u2019s job is to keep the class on track too.<\/p>\n<p>We think that much eLearning today is driven by an imperative to reduce the cost of delivery\u2014that means removing people and automating the approach to learning. We\u2019re taking a very different approach, reinserting humans into the equation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You can do stuff on mobiles that you can\u2019t do on desktops. 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