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Students who struggle with math homework may have a devil of a time trying to get help from their parents. They could turn to the Internet, but how would they know which websites are accurate?"
The Minneapolis start-up Sophia hopes to provide a solution. The company, named after the Greek word for wisdom, has an online platform that allows people to upload educational videos, lectures and slide shows on topics that range from U.S. history to chemistry.
Sophia launched this spring and has more than 20,000 users from more than 116 countries. The company hopes to expand access to reliable information that can help parents tutor their children and students refresh their memory on various subjects.
In some cases, videos are uploaded by teachers to let students review lessons on demand.
"I think it's going to be a radical disruption to the educational model," Chief Executive Don Smithmier said. "It's not about replacing teachers. It's not about replacing traditional classrooms. It's just surrounding those traditional classrooms and supporting teachers and students in different ways."
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Sophia enables innovation by connecting learners, teachers, experts and parents. We provide an academic community where everyone has access to learning that surrounds and supports the traditional classroom. We encourage variety and creativity in teaching so that everyone can learn in a way that makes sense to them.
Sophia is a social teaching and learning platform that taps the teacher in all of us and enhances the learning process by providing access to a wealth of knowledge, help, instruction, standards-aligned content, and expertise available to learners everywhere.
We want to harness technology for the betterment of the educational system as a whole. We can all help others learn. And Sophia’s mission is to be a catalyst in this educational movement.
Source: Star Tribune and Sophia Learning
