WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

Has anybody here had a positive Edtech experience?

Most Edtech startups seem to be providing very little value, and are pure sales machines. Learning is super important, and I’m beginning to realise I’ve not done any structured online learning in the longest times (Coursera early days, Bucky Roberts on YouTube etc.)

Wanted to know if any of you have tried out online courses somewhere and have had a genuinely good learning experience?

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CosmicPanda
CosmicPanda

It depends on what you’re looking for.

I’ve worked for EdTechs and am working in one now as well. So I’ve heard positive experiences from certain students and understood that it’s mostly a good journey for ones that have done their research and know what they are getting into.

People blame EdTech because of unrealistic expectations and the aggressive sales tactics and false commitments given by sales people.

Always do your research before getting into anything EdTech or not.

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

Hmm fair enough But there’s enough instances of over promising and under performing

Not sure if you can share where you work, but will be interesting to know more

CosmicPanda
CosmicPanda

I work at UNext. It’s part of the Manipal group. Courses are from IIM and Foreign Unis.

PerkySushi
PerkySushi

Having spent considerable time in edtech as one of the early movers, I empathize with what you've mentioned and agree to some extent that most of them have indeed become sales machines.

But with that, yes it's pertinent to your research well and not fall for over the moon promises. More than often, those are the reasons for a learner to drop out or worse not landing a transition.

A couple of things you should do prior to picking a program. One, make sure that it's something that you can be self motivated about. No amount of program managers or customer success teams can do for you what you can do for yourself if you're motivated.

Second, understand what's your learning moat. What I mean by that is what makes it easier for you to understand and learn better. It could be that you need constant mentoring to get the contextual aspect better. If not, do you prefer self paced learning and only periodic sessions for validating your concepts.

Seems trivial, but becomes important if you're picking between say UpGrad or Great Learning or any other ed-tech program.

The other is, what's the fundamental outcome you're looking at? Leave the false promises of XY LPA aside. Is it transition into a new role at a new company or sector ? Or is it growing at your org?

The why? Because then you need to know what works best for them. Do they prefer institutional degree or a good proof of work portfolio to make that happen. For eg. Adobe considers only recognised programs from universities in India and Abroad. While
Unicorns like razorpay, Unacademy etc are okay with more PoW based approach. This in turn also dictates your budget for the program.

Post that, i suggest talking to learners to understand the support ecosystem. Most organisations have a fine print that says Job Guarantee with an *that it's only job interview opportunity guarantee. So understand how well you are being supported.

Apart from that, my only suggestion is to gauge your aptitude for the role at hand.

PerkySushi
PerkySushi

Another thing which may help you choose is to check with the teams what's the recent collaboration or update they've done on their curriculum.

More than often, companies that don't update their curriculums dynamically are wasteful for the fact that most of the case studies and assignments are outdated and could be found anywhere on the net.

This should be an important criteria too, as the more they collaborate with industry relevant problems the better they are at actually reaching you something useful. I've heard rave stuff about growthX and have seen their case studies, now those are the real deal IMO

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

Wow, this is a really well described approach on how students/professionals can pick a course

Thanks a lot!

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Yes during my JEE time I studied from Etoos and scored good rank in JEE.

Also Etoos is a korean brand not Indian and they are the best

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Also at the study centre there was a guy who helped me out when I needed money during demonetisation. They have a v. Good infra in kota

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

Woah, never heard of this Very interesting

They had video lectures or problem sets?

FluffyDonut
FluffyDonut

Working or Subscription?

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

Subscription

SleepyHamster
SleepyHamster

Just checked Aakash BYJUs JEE results, to see JEE ranks from tier 2 cities from students who studied digitally, is the rise of new level playing field

BouncyMarshmallow
BouncyMarshmallow

😂, Byjus Akash digital Course is shit man. May be they went to another institution as well locally

ZestySushi
ZestySushi
EY23mo

Depends. K-12 isnt that effective, but for upskilling do courses from providers with good partner universities

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