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What is Agavi?

Agavi is a smartphone-based adaptive learning system designed for low bandwidth, low electricity, and low income areas

 

We’re building sustainable education technology

Build an Adventure

Problem:  Too Many Show-and-Tell Builders

Agavi lets you build digital-analog hybrid activities using a variety of building blocks.  Select your blocks (text, image, question, GPS, sensor), assemble them as a task, then order your tasks to create a learning experience.  Use the experience wherever you teach, inside the classroom or out!

Simple to Use

Problem:  EdTech is Too Complex

Agavi is simple to use, showing you what you need when you need it and no more.  No more lengthy training seminars and tutorials just to figure out what dozens of inscrutible buttons do.

Actionable Analytics

Problem:  Learner Data Not Usable in Real Time

Agavi displays actionable analytics that allows you to identify and analyze problems in your experience in real time.  Where are your learners stuck?  Who has asked for help?  What have they tried?  All this information is available in one tap, allowing you to quickly render assistance.

Use Anywhere

Problem:  High-Speed Internet Connection Required

Agavi is being designed to be low-bandwidth, and low-power friendly, allowing teaching anywhere, even in places that don’t have strong infrastructure.  21st century learning shouldn’t be restricted to just the rich and connected.

Adapt Content Quickly

Problem:  Localization is Time-Consuming

Agavi is developing an AI engine that will observe and analyze how activities are localized as they are shared.  Stand on the shoulders of giants, rather than reinventing the wheel.

Ethical Data Policies

Problem:  Student Data Collected and Sold

Agavi has a strong data ethics framework governing how data ownership is treated and under what conditions it can be shared.

Why are we building it?

Education technology is either stuck in the video-and-quiz approach of the 20th century, or obsessed with the technologies of the 22nd century.  Neither approach uses best teaching practices nor grapples with the reality of learning environments that aren’t always connected to high bandwidth.

 

20th century tile, showing videos and quizzes, 22nd century tile showing VR, AR, and Metaverse, 21st century strip showing a big question mark

 

We need to address the challenges of diverse 21st century learning environments

Meet the Team

Lev Horodyskyj

Lev Horodyskyj

Lead

USA/Brazil

Alexandru Gazdac

Alexandru Gazdac

Co-Lead

Romania

Wayne Parkhurst

Wayne Parkhurst

Programming Lead

USA

Fiorella Ojeda

Fiorella Ojeda

React Programming

Peru

Jonathan Oribello

Jonathan Oribello

Data Analytics

USA

Iulia Toma

Iulia Toma

UI/UX

Romania

Recognition

#EUvsVirus Hackathon

#EUvsVirus Hackathon

Finalists

Remote Working and Education
2020
Data Natives Unlimited Hackathon

Data Natives Unlimited Hackathon

Winners

Overall
2020
QS Reimagine Education Awards

QS Reimagine Education Awards

Shortlisted

Enhancing Access and Availability
2021

How can you get involved?

Become a Teacher Tester

Donate to Associated Projects

Amazon River School Digitalization

This project brings Agavi and Raspberry Pis to isolated schools on the Amazon River in Brazil to improve learning.

Caribbean Astrotourism

This project works on bringing Agavi to the public outreach sector, focusing on astrotourism in the US Virgin Islands.

Classroom Modernization

This project focuses on bringing Agavi to innovative teachers in Lviv, Ukraine, and working to meet their classroom needs