S. Vishnu Sharma
upGrad, a company that offers online programs for working professionals has permitted free access of its ‘Live Platform’ to all colleges and universities as a token of support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘upGrad Live’ is the company’s tech platform that is known to replicate a real-time classroom learning experience by providing much greater interactivity, real-time doubt resolution, in-class concept check and session analytics to gauge live session performances.
Through this initiative, its providing free access of this Live Platform to the affected academic institutes. Ronnie Screwvala, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, they said they acknowledge the disruption in learning which learners and educational institutes face due to shut down amid COVID-19 concerns.
upGrad extends its platform free for learning
In the past few days, we have read that many global universities have taken their classes online to avoid large gatherings. Schools and colleges in many cities in India too have been asked to shut down. To minimize the effects of this disruption, we have opened up our Live Platform to educational institutions and universities free of cost, he said.
By providing the free access, the edtech major upGrad, will be able to assist universities and institutes to seamlessly replicate their classroom online. Moreover, the company is also allocating a steadfast operations team to on board universities and a dedicated team of pedagogy experts to ensure the best execution of hosting a live class online.
Prior to the announcement, upGrad’s ‘Live Platform’ has been in use for customizing learning experiences
for the various programs and verticals of the company, build elements of interactivity to enhance the learning experience and drive greater personalization using session analytics. People willing to use the platform can send their details to the email ‘liveClasses@upgrad.com‘ More information about the company is available on ‘https://www.upgrad.com/’