Shaunak Roy, Founder and CEO of Yellowdig, discusses how he’s used social and learner engagement to build compelling EdTech experiences. Yellowdig is a community-driven active and experiential learning platform on a mission to transform educational experiences through student-centered learning communities. In this episode, Shaunak shares how a curiosity for how people learn and a passion for technology led him to found Yellowdig. The platform, inspired by pedagogical principles, aims to turn learners into co-creators of knowledge and empowers them to be active participants in their learning communities. Shaunak expresses the importance of engaging the learner so that they remain motivated and learn, saying

“So [the] more we can make our students active in the learning process, especially in the formal learning environments in the classroom and elsewhere, the better off we are.”

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Yellowdig

Learner Engagement Summit 2023