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ACTIVELECTURE – BRINGING COLLEGE PROFESSORS TOGETHER WITH 21ST CENTURY STUDENTS
Julio Fredes, Luis Quintero, Spencer Stroebel, Jeff Yang
THE PRO
BLEMThe Problem
• Students don’t pay attention in large lectures
• Technology further distracts students • Professors frustrated with use of
laptops, tablets, and cell phones in class
• Disconnect between college professors and 21st century student
• Why not take advantage of technology (and the internet) to improve the student experience?
This happens too frequently…
Use Technology to Improve Class
WELCO
ME PAG
EIntroducing ActiveLecture
HO
ME PAG
EHome Page Description
• Courses enrolled in either as student or moderator listed on the right
• Brief site description• Daily Princetonian’s top 2 stories (for
use before class!)
COU
RSE HO
ME
Course Page
• For students: links to all available lectures• For moderators: link to add a lecture, edit or delete a lecture currently in the system
ADD
LECTURE
Add Lecture Page
• Add title name, description, and upload the file.
LECTURE PAG
ELecture Page (part 1) Lecture Page (part 2)
FEATURES
Lecture Page Features
• Lecture name• Lecture description• Lecture notes/slides: In .pdf format without opening separate window or tab• Poll/quiz: Questions/polls that the moderator has put up. Can either be “open”,
“closed”, or “hidden”• Comments and Question Feed: Comments and questions from students. Uses “Like”
button to display the most popular topics at the top, connecting students and professors
ADM
INISTRATIVE TASKS
Account Page
• View grades• Change password
BUSIN
ESS MO
DEL
Business Model
• ActiveLecture is not a platform designed to compete with Blackboard• Aims to increase attendance, attention, and participation in big lectures• Helps professors identify areas that need to be explained again or stressed more
• Uses “Like” button to do this• Establish relationships with higher education institutions
• License the product on a per-student basis• Virtually no expenses – very profitable
• Expenses include: hosting/server space, marketing, and part-time webmaster
INCOME# of institutions 5Avg. number of courses enrolled 10Avg. number of students/course 200Price per student $5 TOTAL INCOME $50,000
COSTSHosting/Server $1,000 Marketing $5,000 Part-time web-master $10,000
NET PROFIT $40,000