Case study — Education · EdTech
An adaptive learning platform serving 60,000 students across a regional school network.
Client
Regional online learning network
Scope
LMS · Adaptive learning · Engineering
Timeline
6 months
Footprint
45 schools · 60,000 students
01 — Challenge
One pace for every learner meant the platform worked for the average student and nobody else.
Course content shipped at a single pace and difficulty, so faster learners disengaged and struggling learners fell further behind before a teacher noticed.
Teachers had no early signal on who was struggling until an assessment made it obvious, weeks after it mattered.
02 — Approach
PHASE 01
Research
Observed classrooms across urban and rural schools in the network.
PHASE 02
Design
Course structures that could branch by performance without teachers building parallel content.
PHASE 03
Development
Adaptive pacing engine and analytics dashboard built on the existing course library.
PHASE 04
Rollout
Piloted in five schools for one term before network-wide rollout.
03 — Solution
Built for the workflow
01
Adaptive learning paths
Course pacing and difficulty adjust automatically to how each student is actually performing.
02
Student analytics
Teachers see early risk signal instead of waiting for the next assessment.
03
Assessment engine
Assessments that inform pacing in real time, not just a term-end grade.
04
Admin & reporting tools
Network-wide reporting without manual aggregation across 45 schools.
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04 — Outcome
19%
Improvement in course completion
60,000
Students served
45
Schools live
88%
Teacher adoption
“Teachers finally see who’s struggling before the test, not after.”
Director of EdTech — Regional online learning network