Living in days that we never thought we would have to live, we find that the whole world has been revolutionized by the idea of having to stay at home, and our society, in many areas, was not ready for this transformation. Analyzing the phenomenon of educational institutions, which have had to change to virtual models, we see the problems that have been generated for teachers, parents and institutions as such.
But why has this change generated so many difficulties? Firstly, the traditional pedagogical model is not designed to be virtualized, much less in group classes since there is little interaction and even more so, taking into account that attendees must be silenced due to noise and background echo issues. On the other hand, the teachers were not ready or had experience in virtual classes, which complicates the situation, but additionally, not all homes have good connectivity so it is an additional point to take into account. Many have had to improvise along the way, loading their teachers with work with few tools to do so, and creating online courses requires preparation, expertise in the design and creation of digital content and even more so when it is for e-learning.
Under the premise that education has been the same for more than a hundred years, it was born almost 5 years ago Onparle, a dream of a married couple who wanted to transform the way we learn and teach the French language.
The concept is based on the flipped class, a pedagogical model that is applied at Harvard and that seeks to optimize class time, in Onparle The approach is focused on communication and online French classes are offered with certified teachers through a specialized platform that has an interactive board, real-time video conferencing and all the tools of a classroom. Additionally, the student has access to their digital books, interactive activities and explanatory capsules.
We believe in the personalization of education and above all in the advantages of learning from the comfort of your home, this favors concentration and quality of life. In times of coronavirus, we have seen the advantages of being able to continue with our training process and achieving our objectives, our dreams do not stop, we accompany our students hand in hand in this process.
We are happy to have a team of more than 50 teachers in different countries around the world and with the fact that we have shared more than 15,000 hours of class in this time with excellent results.
Our current situation has shown us that we made the correct and timely decision to bet on quality virtual education and to continue transforming the lives of teachers and students who, in the face of adversity, have our support from Monday to Sunday 24 hours a day.
Thank you for believing in Onparle, French at your own pace for your private classes, as a couple or in groups of maximum 4 people.
