SkillEd

SkillEd (skill-ed.org) offers an e-learning platform that enables users to (co-)create courses, follow courses and download courses for offline use and sharing. The platform is optimized for use in areas with limited, unreliable or no internet (f.i. remote areas, developing countries and disaster areas). The content focus is on skills (agriculture, healthcare, soft skills, business development etc.), the functional focus on ease of use, flexibility and collaboration, and the delivery focus on portability; mobile first, light-weight, offline usage and sharing (via Bluetooth, SD card or USB stick). SkillEd ia active in 14 countries now, most of them in Africa.

SkillEd delivers an integrated solution for blended learning, which focuses on combining a limited number of direct training meetings with mobile learning on smartphones or any other device. SkillEd offers all the tools for mobile and blended learning and training under all circumstances (on- and offline). The basic idea behind our approach is that anyone should be able to follow and build courses in their own language, based on content reflecting their setting etc..

The courses can be built containing a rich content of videos, photos, texts, audio fragments, slideshows, web links quizzes and assignments. Learners can do their assignments remotely, and share them with their trainers. Since the way of learning can be made very visual (through short videos, pictures, etc.), it is fit for any user. Courses can be set up flexibly, from straightforwardly explaining how to do something (‘vocational training’), to training through a set of modules a complex set of skills, monitoring the progress of students through specific assignments. All materials can be easily produced in any language.