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EdTech Europe 2014

June 2014

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Socratic method – dialectic

1200’s AD

Learned thinkers changing education1200’s - 1700’s

Codified knowledge1800’s - 2000’s

Peer driven learning and

analytics2000’s - today

Evolution of education

“Connecting courses around

the world, and delivering

learning analytics to improve

outcomes”

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Institutions are losing billions annually through poor

engagement and churn

University Fee income vs. Loss$mil

$145bn lost

annually in lifetime fee

income

Drop out of up to 23%

in UK&I

Retention

Performance

ProgressionSatisfaction

Employability

Socio Economic mapping

Data Driven Learning Analytics

Social Academic Engagement

“Studies have consistently shown high correlations between engagement and improvements in

persistence, student satisfaction, and improved grades”

Source: Astin 1975, Tinto 2000, 2005, Kuh et al. 2007, Coates 2005, Student Engagement Literature review, HESA 2010, NCES

“Institutional benefit from student engagement can be both reputational and

financial”

US community college drop

out up to 50%

US Public institutions 15% - 20% drop out

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Social academic engagement and data analytics are the keys

to improving outcomes

Students collaborate and share / discuss content related to their

course

Data analytics measures behaviour within a class and compared to

related cohorts

Students gain access to related content, across courses and

institutions

Social Academic Engagement = Behavioural Data =improved Outcomes

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We are able to achieve deep engagement by…..

• Notifications engine

• Data driven engagement

• Predictive learning

• Simple LMS integration

• Exceptional UX

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What does BlikBook do?

Simple Sign-Up Integrated Sign-On Lecturer Super

Rights

Predictive

Notifications

Student Tools

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BlikBook is becoming a key part of the university ecosystem

across Europe and the US

2010, founded out of two of Europe’s top institutions

2011, Rene Olivieri, former COO Wiley Blackwell appointed Chair, receives investment from top UK

venture fund

2013, Opens 2nd office in Ireland, receives additional investment from top European VC’s

2013/14, helps reinvent engagement in select courses at 1 in 3 UK, all Irish institutions and colleges across

the US

Sample course presence

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12+ Years, Python, JS, C/C++, Matlab

Homeless art, Founder

Machine Learning/Human Computer

Interaction, University College London

MRes., Systems Biology, UCL

Hons., MSci , Physics, Imperial College London

Core Founding team

Cheyne Tan

Co-founder, Managing Director

Ben Hall,

Co-founder, Technical Director

A.T. Kearney, project lead – strategy &

customer acquisition

Cheapflights.co.uk, strategic growth adviser

Canter Equity Partners – tech PE fund

MBA, London Business School

Co-op Scholar UNSW, B. Comm. Info. Sys.

Barnaby Voss

Co-founder, Commercial Director

Deepak Colluru

Co-founder, Product & Operations Director

Veritas / Symantec, Senior Technical Lead /

Software Engineer

Xiotech, Technical Lead

MBA, London Business School

MS and BE (Hons.) Computer Science, BITS

Cadburys, Pepsico, and Coca-Cola, Senior

Marketer

InTheGroove, Founder

MBA, London Business School

1st class BA Geography & Business,

University of Nottingham

Rene Olivieri

Chairman

CEO Blackwell Publishing, Blackwell / John

Wiley & Sons, 40+yrs publishing experience

Former board member, Higher Education

Funding Council for England

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“Connecting courses around

the world, and delivering

learning analytics to improve

outcomes”