DESIGN TOOL : LEARNING LAUNCH 

 Challenge 

 I work in the education sector in my country and recently we had been   experiencing challenges in the online learning programs . This challenges include   access to internet by students who come from a less than average family , for   example some parents do not have smart phones to access online platforms ,   others have the smart phones but can not afford to purchase bundles every day to   facilitate the students learning , some have more than one child hence online   learning becomes difficult when the students are many and the phone is only one   in the family . Another challenge was lack of textbooks . This is because textbooks   are very expensive to purchase especially if you have more than one child and   none of them is in the same grade . There also lacked a connection between   teachers and their students making it difficult for the teachers to follow up on the   progress of their students . 

 Selection 

 I selected a learning launch which is a carefully designed experiment or prototype   designed to test the key underlying value - generating assumptions of a potential   new - growth initiative . It is a learning experiment conducted quickly and   inexpensively to gather market - driven data to determine whether a growth idea   has enough merit to warrant detailed investigation with the commitment of   further time , people and resources . I came up with a solution of an application   and I needed a quick and cheap way of testing it against my assumptions that it   would work so as to qualify or disqualify my assumptions . 

 Application 

 I first came up with the idea of an application that would be accessible to all via   USSD , SMS , smartphones , tablets or laptops . I then incorporated online textbooks   for all grades , revision materials , story books and engaging learning games that   would make learning more fun . I then sold my idea to stakeholders like Safaricom   Limited who gave me access to the USSD and SMS services . After coming up with   the education application , I chose twenty people across all the standards of life ,   that is the below average , average , and the above average . This in my opinion 

 would give me good quality feedback . It is also important to note that among   them were parents , students and teachers and they were all from the same   school . I then gave them access to the application via any means that was suitable   for them , i.e. SMS , USSD code , website and many others . The school was   supposed to pay a fee of Kshs . 3,000 only to facilitate the learning of each student   or if the student ’s school was not enrolled into the program the student would   enroll as an individual at the same fee and would be able to learn just like the   others . This took place over a period of two weeks to allow enough time for the   students and teachers to interact . 

 Insight 

 From this learning launch we discovered that even the students who came from   below average families were able to log into the application and learn effectively   because the cost of SMS is much cheaper than internet bundles . Teachers were   also able to get good and effective feedback about the students ’ progress . Most   of the students and teachers were able to enroll into the program because it was   cheaper than the overall school fees that is paid on a normal term . It was also   noted that learning had been made more effective by the availability of online   books at a small fee that was cheaper than buying them at the book store . This   challenged me to come up with a more improved way of studying that would   facilitate learning in even bigger platforms and how I would use design thinking to   innovate a feature or platform that would aid in learning at all levels . 

 Approach 

 From the above described procedure , learning launch would still be the best tool   for further assessment and modification of the application . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: DESIGN TOOL : LEARNING LAUNCH 

 Challenge 

 I work in the education sector in my country and recently we had been   experiencing challenges in the online learning programs . This challenges include   access to internet by students who come from a less than average family , for   example some parents do not have smart phones to access online platforms ,   others have the smart phones but can not afford to purchase bundles every day to   facilitate the students learning , some have more than one child hence online   learning becomes difficult when the students are many and the phone is only one   in the family . Another challenge was lack of textbooks . This is because textbooks   are very expensive to purchase especially if you have more than one child and   none of them is in the same grade . There also lacked a connection between   teachers and their students making it difficult for the teachers to follow up on the   progress of their students . 

 Selection 

 I selected a learning launch which is a carefully designed experiment or prototype   designed to test the key underlying value - generating assumptions of a potential   new - growth initiative . It is a learning experiment conducted quickly and   inexpensively to gather market - driven data to determine whether a growth idea   has enough merit to warrant detailed investigation with the commitment of   further time , people and resources . I came up with a solution of an application   and I needed a quick and cheap way of testing it against my assumptions that it   would work so as to qualify or disqualify my assumptions . 

 Application 

 I first came up with the idea of an application that would be accessible to all via   USSD , SMS , smartphones , tablets or laptops . I then incorporated online textbooks   for all grades , revision materials , story books and engaging learning games that   would make learning more fun . I then sold my idea to stakeholders like Safaricom   Limited who gave me access to the USSD and SMS services . After coming up with   the education application , I chose twenty people across all the standards of life ,   that is the below average , average , and the above average . This in my opinion 

 would give me good quality feedback . It is also important to note that among   them were parents , students and teachers and they were all from the same   school . I then gave them access to the application via any means that was suitable   for them , i.e. SMS , USSD code , website and many others . The school was   supposed to pay a fee of Kshs . 3,000 only to facilitate the learning of each student   or if the student ’s school was not enrolled into the program the student would   enroll as an individual at the same fee and would be able to learn just like the   others . This took place over a period of two weeks to allow enough time for the   students and teachers to interact . 

 Insight 

 From this learning launch we discovered that even the students who came from   below average families were able to log into the application and learn effectively   because the cost of SMS is much cheaper than internet bundles . Teachers were   also able to get good and effective feedback about the students ’ progress . Most   of the students and teachers were able to enroll into the program because it was   cheaper than the overall school fees that is paid on a normal term . It was also   noted that learning had been made more effective by the availability of online   books at a small fee that was cheaper than buying them at the book store . This   challenged me to come up with a more improved way of studying that would   facilitate learning in even bigger platforms and how I would use design thinking to   innovate a feature or platform that would aid in learning at all levels . 

 Approach 

 From the above described procedure , learning launch would still be the best tool   for further assessment and modification of the application .
### Output: 