John Larson, a professor at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), uses SolidProfessor to help students learn by playing. He makes the most out of class time by leveling the playing field so that the more advanced students can go beyond the curriculum, while the slower students have the resources they need to get up to speed at their own pace.
“The first challenge is that the kids do not like to read anything. I was doing a survey in one of my classes, and I asked them as part of the survey how many of them read the assigned reading before they came to class. I found out that only 5% did. I thought SolidProfessor’s online-based learning would solve the problem, since students like to learn by playing with their phone, computer, etc.