the api-ification of education
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The API-ification of EducationWhat do Uber, Spotify and Airbnb have in common?
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AboutCo-founded by CEO Chris Contini in 2002
MissionProvide our educational partners with intuitive cloud-basedsystems that inform, inspire, and connect.
Scope of ServicesOffer products that support student management, curriculum/instruction, staff performance, and starting in May 2016, interactive assessment augmented by Learnosity.
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Agenda- The API Economy
- Build vs Buy. What to Consider
- OnCourse Classroom Sneak Peak
- Questions
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Learnosity- B2B, SaaS assessment technology company
- Team of 60
- New York, Los Angeles, Dublin & Sydney
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The Learnosity VisionTo deliver on the promise of technology in education
We believe in education- It’s the most important investment we can make in our future
We can make a difference- We impact the most students by empowering all companies
to offer powerful, interactive assessmentWe’re geeks at heart...
- ...and love nothing more than the challenge of creating cutting-edge software that people love to use.
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The API Economy- Increased productivity enabled by packaging
commodity, yet complex, functionality into reusable “building blocks”
- Successful companies are choosing to “build” their products by leveraging the services and infrastructure of other organizations alongside their own unique user experience and brand
- Many of the fastest growing products are actually “composites” of various 3rd party services
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/18/battle-for-the-building-blocks/#.duhfvl:D7PB
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Uber builds on:- Google Maps (GPS)- Twilio (in app communication)- AWS (hosting & storage)- Checkr (background checks)- Braintree (payment processing)- TUNE (analytics & measuring)- Sift Science (fraud detection)
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UBER- Checkr (background checks)- Google Map - Twilio (in app communication)- Braintree (payment
processing)- AWS (hosting & storage)
LYFT- Checkr (background checks)- Google Map - Twilio (in app communication)- Braintree (payment
processing)- AWS (hosting & storage)
HAILO- Google Map - Twilio (in app communication)- Braintree (payment
processing)- AWS (hosting & storage)
So do competitors Lyft and Hailo...
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AirBnB builds with:
- SendGrid (email delivery)
- Twilio (phone & text)
- BrainTree (payments)
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Spotify builds onOmnifoneon AWS
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Undifferentiated Heavy LiftingIs there any point in owning the technology if
you’re going to end up years behind the
technology your competition licensed?
Why Reinvent the Wheel?
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Sunk Cost Fallacy
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Practicing what we preach
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We leverage AWS for:
- Hosting & storage- Relational Database Service ( provides cost-efficient and
resizable capacity while managing time-consuming DB admin tasks)
- Cross region replication (new feature that automatically replicates data across AWS regions.)
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Datadog for monitoring- Spent considerable time & resources
building our own monitoring system- Replaced it with Datadog- Difficult decision to scrap what we had built
on our own.- Freed up our DevOps team to focus on
other more important areas.
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Desmos for graphing- Have built most of our existing graphing
functionality with JSX graph. Also built standard four function and scientific calculators.
- Desmos offers more flexibility & capability for Cartesian graphing & graphing calculators, so we are going to replace JSX graph in these areas.
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Build vs Buy
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What should I consider whenchoosing to build or buy?
Cost (finite resources)- Capital- Human resources (developers)- Hosting - Opportunity cost
Time Sensitivity- How quickly do you need to get to market?- What happens if you have to postpone launch?
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Quality- What are your core competencies?- How bespoke do you need features to be?- Is the feature a core differentiator in the market?
Ongoing Maintenance & Technical Debt- Tech is constantly changing and updating. - New browsers- New devices- New Operating systems
Support- Support in a crisis- Backups- Training
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If I decide to buy, what should I look for?
- Support Levels- Training- Customizability- Security
- Future roadmap of vendor
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OnCourse Classroom LMS
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Questions?
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