Teachers Empowered By The Ability To Discover And Share Interactive Courses For Their Classrooms

“We are really allowing teachers to share their best work. If a teacher builds a timeline of World War II in Hungary, other teaches might also be interested in that. Teachers want to have a starting point on a higher level than a blank canvas,” says Gregor.

In a technology-driven world, keeping students engaged in what they are learning is a challenge. With the diverse amount of gadgets available in the Versal Gadget Market, teachers can customize lessons specific to not only what their students are learning, but how their students are learning. With interactive online activities, students have the ability to finish and re-do assignments at home, lowering the risk of them falling behind in the classroom.

“These types of interactive exercises are really easy for students to use for practice, and for the teachers, very easy to create,” says Allison Wagda, VP of corporate strategy and marketing at Versal. “What you see is what you get. The teacher edits the content in the same visual way that a student is going to learn it themselves.”

Teachers can also embed courses created in Versal into online platforms such as Blackboard and Schoology, allowing students to access their online courses in their native learning environment.

Maintaining the quality of the gadgets and content being created in the online platform is another important aspect of the The Versal Gadget Market. Versal built a rating and commenting system in the market that allows teachers to provide feedback on gadgets, empowering them to enhance and evolve their contributions.

Participating in the Versal Gadget Market is free and very user-friendly. There is no subscription necessary, and teachers do not have to go through their school districts or school administrators to use Versal in their classrooms.

“It used to be that online courses and online materials always came from the outside,” explains Gregor. “That’s just not the case anymore. Versal really opens up a whole universe of online course publishing to teachers. It makes blending a classroom a lot easier, it makes flipping the classroom trivial. It’s really an outstanding experience.”

Creating, sharing and discovering new gadgets for online courses empowers teachers to customize their teaching experiences, and furthermore customize their students’ learning experiences. With technology continuing to influence the way students learn, the Versal Gadget Market makes it that much easier for teachers and students to use technology to benefit their educational experience.

“In the end, the teacher plays a really critical role in presenting online content,” says Gregor. “This is a really powerful thing for them to do.”

Watch this video to learn more about how the Versal Gadget Market works.