Grok Learning
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Tara Murphy, James Curran, Tim Dawborn, Nicky Ringland |
| Industry | Internet |
| Services | Technology education |
| Employees | 8 |
| Slogan(s) | Code. Create. Compete. |
| Website | Grok Learning |
| Current status | Active |
Grok Learning is an online interactive platform that offers coding classes in programming languages like Python and Logo.[1] Grok Learning has a focus on educating high school students, but also has content targeted specifically for professionals.[2] Grok Learning provides courses suitable for use in a classroom setting where a computing trained teacher may or may not be present.[3]
The site teachers students through a combination of notes and accompanying coding problems to solve. These problems can coded and run using the in-browser programming environment and are marked instantaneously by an auto-marker. The site offers feedback for solved problems, and badges for completing certain tasks, as well as a leaderboards for certain courses.
History
Grok Learning was founded in 2013 by Tara Murphy, James Curran, Tim Dawborn, and Nicky Ringland.[4] At the time of foundation, James was an associate professor in the School of IT at The University of Sydney,[5] Tara was a senior lecturer in astroinformatics at The University of Sydney,[6] and Tim and Nicky were computer science PhD candidates at The University of Sydney.[7][8] Since then, Tim and Nicky have completed their PhDs in 2015.
References
- ↑ "Grok Learning". Grok Learning. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Professional development". Grok Learning. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "In the classroom". Grok Learning. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Who are we?". Grok Learning. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "James Curran". James Curran. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Tara Murphy". Tara Murphy. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Tim Dawborn". Tim Dawborn. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Nicky Ringland". Nicky Ringland. Retrieved 2013-12-07.