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OOWCAS is a versatile platform fostering a collaborative atmosphere for students. Our portal provides a public space for discussions, knowledge enhancement, skill development, and building meaningful connections. Rooted in inclusivity, diversity, and innovation, we empower students with tools to achieve academic and personal goals.

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  • System Design
  • UX and UI Design
  • Full Stack Development
  • Product Strategy
The aero lesson builder app dragging an audio component into a screen about plant cells.

The problem

Many students lack access to diverse extracurricular activities and a collaborative student forum, limiting their opportunities to develop skills, expand knowledge, and build meaningful connections.

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, students often find themselves confined to the rigid boundaries of traditional classrooms. They yearn for a platform where they can break free from these constraints, explore their interests, and interact with peers who share their passions.

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, students often find themselves confined to the rigid boundaries of traditional classrooms. They yearn for a platform where they can break free from these constraints, explore their interests, and interact with peers who share their passions.

A set of dark themed components for the aero design system

Our Vision

We envision a future where every student, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to thrive academically and personally. Our platform is designed to break down barriers, provide access to a plethora of extracurricular activities, and facilitate meaningful interactions among students.

The homepage of the aero design system docs website linking to principles and components.

Design system docs

A design system is useless if no one knows how to use it, so we put together a comprehensive documentation website to cover principles, ux, accessibility, and component guidelines for designers and engineers working with the system.

A dramatic ocean scene with lava forming a new land mass.

Motion design

Animation was a core principle in making the authoring experience a more understandable process. Elements animate in ways that indicate the cause and effect of each interaction to improve the fluidity of the overall experience.

Encouraging adaptivity

A major part of solving for collaboration was being able to visualize the learner experience in the editor. This was especially beneficial for subject matter experts and instructors need to review and give feedback on the higher level structure without having to dig through all of the adaptivity scenarios screen by screen.

A drag and drop storyboard style editor for creating an adaptive lesson.

An extensible plugin ecosystem usable by everyone

The most powerful aspect of the platform is the ability to create custom plugins for any content, whether it be a degree, course, lesson, screen, or interactive component. Out of the box these can be made configurable with minimal effort from developers. Learning designers can then edit everything using a common configuration interface.

Configuration options for a component.
Configuration options for text.

Next-generation learning experiences

The flexibility of the product allowed for developers to create engaging interactive experiences as highly configurable plugins that could then be used and manipulated by learning designers.

Bringing 3D into learning

One really cool example is the 3D screen plugin. Learning designers can load any model into it and then configure camera positions to animate to for each section.

Interactivity

Learners can then be directed to specific parts of the model and shown labels. They’re also able to click and drag to orbit around and freely explore at any time.

Animation

Learning designers can pick an animation included in the model to play or loop for any section without having to use any complex animation tools.

Project outcomes

Ultimately the project was successful after Smart Sparrow and the aero platform were acquired by Pearson in 2020 to become a foundation for their next generation learning platform.