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Yola Vietnam Online Learning Platform

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​Yola Institute is a premier provider of educational services in Vietnam providing a wide range of educational programs and products.

These include test preparation courses, English language, soft-skill training, after-school learning and several other services. 
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project goal

Yola was looking to use the Open edX platform to build personalized study roadmaps, improve student outcomes and create an active learning community through the following measures
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  1. Tracking student progress
  2. Sharing targeted resources to help students achieve outcomes in addition to going to in-person class sessions
  3. Yola was seeking to identify medium-risk students and help them more effectively
  4. Making teaching more convenient for teachers and gradually move towards blended learning with personalized learning for students
  5. The medium-term goal for the platform is also to create stand-alone online only courses.

services provided

General
  • Learning Platform Setup
  • Advanced Software Customization
  • Hosting
  • Instructional Design
  • Technical Support
Technical
  • Software Architecture
  • UI/UX Design
  • Project Management
  • Python Software Development
  • Front-end development (HTML/CSS/JS)
  • Development Operations (DevOps)

Challenges

  • YOLA user role management in Open edX
  • Custom dashboards for student, teacher and parents
  • User registration in collaboration with YOLA Student Information System
  • Vocabulary management for class work with schema file upload
  • Advanced online activities ( Auto generated MCQs, Match pairs, Flashcards )
  • Customized grading system for homework

approach

​In-Person UX discovery with Yola team in Vietnam

The Perpetual Team travelled to Vietnam to undergo an in person UX discovery process that helped inform our design phase. This included user interviews, white boarding sessions, and interviews with parents/students and teachers which provided us with invaluable details to construct our solution. 
Affinity Mapping Exercise
Student User Testing Volunteer
Student User Flow

Solution

Interactive learning experiences were defined, designed and implemented, resulting in more engaged students, more learning and higher grades and test scores.
YOLA user role management in Open edX
  • Separate apps for each module in Common Django app
  • Each app can work independently and can communicate effectively similar to Django apps
  • Created apps in common so in future if data needs to be accessed by CMS, it can be done easily​

technology

Results

PictureA happy Yola teacher!
  • ​Percentage and learning interest of students is steadily increasing
  • Teachers find the platform easy to use, convenient and organized
  • Parents can view children’s progress as and when required and can contact teacher from dashboard
  • Parents can sign the homework online and teacher can view signed homework available for grading
  • Integration with Yola Student Information System completed
  • Significant improvement in learning skills among enrolled students