edspire

edspire is a search engine that offers online learning resources to its users.

edspire is a search engine for online learning resources. It uses sophisticated algorithms to classify MOOCs, videos, OpenCourseWare, tutorials and screencasts. We provide a rich set of tools to enable users to plan their learning journey. There has been a recent massive expansion in educational resources being made available online in a wide variety of formats. This is disrupting the traditional ways in which people are educated both academically and professionally. A major part of this change is the unbundling of the educational experience such that people are using a much greater mixture of providers and methods of learning rather than the single channel of a traditional institution. With so much content, so many platforms and different approaches coming online in a short space of time people need a way to find the appropriate resources for their own situation and learning style – traditional search, such as google is not helpful for this. Our aim is to provide a context for these resources of variegated and unknown quality so that people use the resources that are most helpful in complementing their formal studies or professional development. edspire is incubated by the Isis software incubator, part of Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford.