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Prof. Benson Yeh – PaGamO @ BoniO Inc. June 18, 2015

The game that redefines learning!

Prof. Benson Yeh National Taiwan University

Co-Founder, BoniO Inc.


What if…

Studying Playing = ?


Let me tell you about Zhi-Xiang….

He is a 9th grader who lost interest to learn. Wouldn’t do any homework, quit exams. Two months ago, we got a thank-you letter from his teacher to thank us for our game, PaGamO, that made Zhi-Xiang picked up the book again and enjoyed solving HW problems!


PaGamO The world’s first-ever multi-student social game platform built for any general courses!


PaGamO first launched in my “Probability” on Coursera, the world’s first-ever MOOC in Chinese


Worldwide Acknowledgement

Overall Award, E-learning Award Wharton-QS Stars Awards 2014: Reimagine Education

(427 Teams from 43 countries)


LEARN

PLAY

G R A D E TEACH


PaGamO is a fun game that allows tens of thousands of students to compete on the same map to get as much land as possible!


Say you want to occupy this land…


Click on it and choose “Attack”!


Solve the following problem: (a + b) x (a – b) = (1) a2 + b2 (2) a2 - b2 (3) a2 – 2ab + b2 (4) a2 – 2ab

You will then be assigned to solve a problem. Can be any subject: math, science, language, and etc.



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Solve it and submit it!



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You got it right!!


Yes! You just got youself a new land! You can develop the land from desert to forest by solving more problems! Or even concur other peoples’ land by solving more problems!


We have very strong data analytic module to help student, parents, teacher to find out the learning problem and easily fix it!


Actual Student Feedback “With PaGamO, my Mom never worries about me not studying enough!” “Now it‘s so much fun to go

back dormitory solving more problem sets everyday!“

“With PaGamO, I finally didn‘t fall asleep in class

anymore!”


Personalized Teaching in PaGamO

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PaGamO score vs. Coursera grade

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Coursera Grade (PaGamO Bonus Excluded)

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Very strong correlation betweeen the game score and the course grade!


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Test Results in Corporate Training 2015

Corporate Training Test Results

Passing Rate without PaGamO

Passing Rate with PaGamO

Certifying exam for rookie employees in the top financial enterprise in Taiwan, passing rate goes from 87% to 96% by using PaGamO for corporate training!


PaGamO not Just for MOOC! 1.  PaGamO for K12 students in TW on all subjects (Math, Chinese, Social

Study, Science), 4000+ teachers with 60,000+ students in 2.5 months

2.  PaGamO used for cooperate training in one of the Fortune 500 enterprises (Company name hidden due to NDA) and top enterprises in Taiwan

3.  PaGamO is used by the Dental school in UPenn. A 3-year contract just signed. Also other top universities are working with us to use the game for their courses in the future.

4.  PaGamO for K-12 in US is currently in plan with local partners

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6 Million USD series A funding from Foxconn, record high for software startups in Taiwan!


www.pagamo.com.tw