Co-Founder of Brazilian edtech startup, Geekie, Claudio Sassaki joins us to discuss how schools in Brazil have been utilizing personalized adaptive learning technologies in a bid to keep learners active from home.

 

He has been recognized by Wired UK as one of the most important social innovators of the world and awarded by Schwab Foundation as social entrepreneur of the year in 2014. Since 2016, Geekie has had more than five million students taking advantage of the personalized adaptive learning platform.

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Relevant links:

 

Geekie: www2.geekie.com.br

WISE profile: bit.ly/2Ddn2Rl

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