The Benefits of Custom E-Learning Software Development
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As education evolves to support more flexible, diverse, and accessible learning settings, the demand for e-learning solutions has grown, especially throughout grades K-12. Teachers and school districts are realizing its transformative benefits and are increasingly implementing these tools into their curriculum.
However, there are significant differences between off-the-shelf and custom e-learning software. In this blog, we will focus on outlining the advantages of custom e-learning software, compared to off-the-shelf solutions, and the benefits it brings for both teachers and students.
Custom e-learning software vs. off-the-shelf solutions
Custom-built e-learning solutions can be significantly different from ready-made platforms. When building a solution from scratch, you have control over every aspect of the software – tech stack, interfaces, features, integrations – carefully considering the needs of your users at every decision. This results in a platform that not only engages your target audience but also delivers a user experience they enjoy.
While an off-the-shelf e-learning tool can have its benefits, such as shortened implementation time and cost-efficiency, it also comes with limitations like scalability constraints, generic features, and integration challenges, which can end up restricting flexibility and impacting the long-term success of your software. This is where custom development proves its value, offering a more scalable, personalized, and accessible solution.
Benefits of custom e-learning software development
Personalized learning
Personalized content and learning pathways are major benefits of custom e-learning solutions. Schools and other educational institutions can leverage these capabilities to deliver more versatile, adaptable systems that meet the diverse needs of students and teachers. With adaptive and self-paced learning personalized, users can benefit from individualized resources, different content breakdowns, additional resources, simplified explanations, and self-assessments for underachieving students, while offering a more demanding learning path for top students.
Insights
From a review of 69 studies on personalized learning, 41 (59% of the total studies) reported improvement in academic performance.
AI and ML integration
Custom e-learning software development can streamline AI/ML incorporation in an institution’s educational activities. From reducing the administrative burden of teachers to fighting educational inequality via AI-powered educational resources supporting self-paced learning, AI/ML integrations can transform education in a number of positive ways. AI can also make learning more engaging, counteracting the e-learning fatigue. Custom development allows you to ensure how and which AI models are integrated, and you can make the right choice based on linguistic alignment, business concerns, model benchmarks, and proprietary/open-source preferences.
Language support
When it comes to multilingual support, custom-built e-learning solutions ensure a wider reach and increase accessibility for your target audience. E-learning solutions developed for a specific language (Spanish, Arabic, etc.) offer more consistency and coherence than off-the-shelf solutions that are adapted for that language. Such solutions boast smaller learning curves, better usability, and encourage more comprehensive interactions. The right AI models (trained on the language) ensure better contextual awareness and fewer hallucinations.
Inclusivity
Along the same lines, custom e-learning solutions can be designed to meet the unique needs of differently abled students as well. They may target specific sensory (vision, auditory) and learning (dyslexia, ADHD, etc.) or intellectual disabilities (autism, down syndrome, etc.) to create an in-depth learning experience for students with that particular condition. Or they may make regular e-learning resources more accessible, comprehensible, and retainable for students with a broad range of sensory and intellectual limitations with the right features. Many off-the-shelf solutions adhere to accessibility compliance requirements and guidelines, while casting a wide net to appeal to as many users as possible. With a custom solution, you can target specific cognitive and sensory limitations. 10Pearls has developed an adaptive e-learning platform for students with disabilities who are homeschooled.
Insights
In a survey of Irish university students with disabilities, 86% reported that their disability was accommodated in the e-learning environment.
Full control over enhancements
When you build an e-learning solution from the ground up, you don’t have to rely on a third-party vendor for platform upgrades, interface changes, or performance improvements. Not only can you build your solution with specific features that resonate with your users, but you can also make updates as user needs change. This agility will allow you to deploy new features much faster, helping you stay competitive and responsive to evolving market and technology trends.
Insights
63% of all e-learning solutions fail within the first year of implementation. Misalignment with an institution’s requirements (and lack of customizability) is responsible for 23% of all e-learning solution failures.
Achieve your edtech goals with 10Pearls
With expertise in conventional tech stacks and transformative technologies like AI and ML and experience in multiple edtech projects, 10Pearls is a trusted custom e-learning and educational software development partner. Our breadth of expertise allows us to develop both comprehensive and highly specialized solutions for various education sector clients. Our deep understanding of the sector ensures that our software solutions are aligned with our clients’ educational goals and address all their pain points. Since we offer end-to-end development services, we can handle every phase of the project (from concept to launch) for our clients. This allows us to realize the e-learning vision of our clients even if they don’t have in-house technical resources to oversee the project, common in clients with education-focused core competencies.
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