rag ue , ▁which ▁allows ▁open ▁education ▁to ▁be ▁scale d ▁to ▁millions ▁by ▁en abling ▁students ▁to ▁teach ▁each ▁other ▁using ▁social ▁web ▁techn ologies . ▁She ▁introduced ▁a ▁new ▁crow ds our ced ▁cred ential ing ▁system ▁to ▁assess ▁soft ▁skills ▁such ▁as ▁team work , ▁problem ▁solving ▁and ▁eng agement ▁using ▁web ▁analyt ics ▁and ▁peer ▁recognition ▁instead ▁of ▁traditional ▁tests ▁and ▁gr ades . ▁These ▁innov ations ▁led ▁to ▁an ▁e - learning ▁startup ▁company , ▁Open St ud y , ▁which ▁created ▁the ▁first ▁global - scale ▁open ▁social ▁learning ▁network ▁and ▁crow ds our ced ▁cred ential ing ▁system . ▁ ▁Ram ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁advis ory ▁board ▁of ▁Future ▁of ▁Learning ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁Future , ▁ad visor ▁and ▁former ▁Dean ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁People , ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁Project ▁K ale idos cope , ▁an ▁organization ▁devoted ▁to ▁the ▁improvement ▁and ▁sust ain ability ▁of ▁under grad uate ▁programs ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁science , ▁technology , ▁engineering ▁and ▁mathematics . ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁hon ors ▁▁ 2 0 1 2 : ▁" 1 5 0 ▁In nov ators ▁in ▁Post ▁Second ary ▁Education ". ▁White ▁House ▁Sci & T ech , ▁De pt ▁of ▁Education ▁▁ 2 0 1 2 : ▁Inv ited ▁speaker , ▁T ED x ▁San ▁Jose , ▁" T each ing ▁It ▁For ward " ▁▁ 2 0 1 2 : ▁" In nov ators ▁Sp ot light " ▁present ing ▁to ▁Mel inda ▁G ates