SkillOut is a collaborative learning cloud system that aims to reinvent education using new technologies and learning insights. It provides a state-of-the-art online environment for different audiences and supports content development. SkillOut partners include application developers, course creators, consultants, and evaluators to support customers. The system uses a global distribution network of partners in different countries to provide localized support and customize the application. Currently, SkillOut has secured its first customer to test the beta version. The diverse international team is leading the development and vision of reinventing quality education through this new system.
2. RoadMap
1. SkillOut Overview
2. SkillOut Partners
a. Certified Application Add-on Developers
b. Course Content Developers
c. Courses Development Consultants
d. Third Party Evaluators
e. Our Partnership Strategy
3. SkillOut Distribution
a. Distribution Experiments Nut-shells
b. Final Outcome
4. The Team
3. SkillOut Overview..
SkillOut.com -- Collaborative Learning Cloud is a proof of
new innovative ideas helping tear down the walls of the
current education system.
Collaborative Learning Cloud System (CLCS) -- the
state-of-the-art online collaborative learning environment
and make it universally accessible and usable.
CLCS is provides learning environment for different types
of the target audience, supporting infrastructure, content
development, consulting services and post-learning
infrastructure and environment.
4. ..SkillOut Overview
We must invent a new system from scratch:
● with the new technologies from today,
● using the latest knowledge about learning
(neuroscience),
● taking into account the needs of tomorrow.
Following are the key prominent features of Skillout:
● Usability;
● Automatic Guiding Engine;
● Built-in Team Collaboration;
● To Do Lists, Tasks Management and Project
Management;
● Central Knowledge Repository;
● Intelligent Collaboration Suggestion Engine.
More information about our project is here: SkillOut/About Us
5. SkillOut Partners
Skillout is a first collaborative learning cloud system in the
history of education systems and having the following key
business partners:
a. Certified Application Add-ons Developers
The certified application add-ons developers are IT
professionals who will learn the skillout learning cloud and
after passing a comprehensive test, will serve the
customers in their need identifications and customization of
their requirements. Currently we have engaged 5
application add-ons developers to participate in the beta
test of the application.
6. ..SkillOut Partners
b. Course Content Developers
The course content developers are Graphic Designers,
Video/ Audio Editing Experts who will help the skillout
customers to help them out to launch their professionaly
well-developed courses in shortest possible time. Currently
we have enegaged 3 Graphic Designers and 4 Videos/
Audio Editing Experts.
7. ..SkillOut Partners
c. Courses Development Consultants
The Courses Development Consultants are the education
sysems experts in course need identification, course
syllabus developed and course content development.
These experts will help the Universities to design coruses
to server a large area segment of the world population by
using their expert knowledge base. Currently we have
engaged two courses development consultants.
8. ..SkillOut Partners
d. Third Party Evaluators
Third Party Evaluators are the education system's auditors
who will help the customer universitites to evaluate their
teaching infrastructure, courses, course-in-line-monitoring,
students and the quality serving of the system. This will
help us to improve our system and Universities will get the
benefits to improve their educaiton systems. Currently we
have 2 third party evaluators engaged with us to test the
beta system.
9. ..SkillOut Partners
e. Our Partnership Strategy
Our partnership strategy is straight to help out the customer
Universities according the their needs. We have an
integrated well-planned, well-designed infrastructure of our
partners which is horizontally and vertically scalable. The
key segment in this infrastructure is a scoreboards to
promote the performing partners, so everyone take more
benefits from their quality service performance.
10. SkillOut Distribution
SkillOut.com has a glocalized application system (A mixture of
globalized and localized) and having a network of distributors at country
levels. The main focus of distributors is to provide the local support and
customization of the application in local education norms. Currently we
have following distribution network:
● Master Eyes, LLC – USA;
● Harizma Life – Ukraine;
● Mair IT – Middle East.
The above companies are in contract with the skillout.com to launch the
services in the respective countries.
11. ..SkillOut Distribution
Besides the above partners, we have adopted the following
online channels to promote the business and get
customers:
● Commission Junction – World's Largest Online
Commission Based Sales Network;
● Share A Sale – Another well performing commission
based sales network;
● Affiliate Program – We have a comprehensive affiliate
program for quality business organizations to share the
12. ..SkillOut Distributions
a. Distribution Experiments Nut-shells
We have did different experiments to reach and obtain customers and
summarized the following points:
Online Advertisement – Helps to find the students but not the Universities as
customers.
Social Media Compaigns – The same results, find the students but not the
Universities as customers.
Personal References – Great Results to get the letter of interest from the
Universities.
Professors Recommendations – Great Results to get the letter of interest from
the Universities.
13. ..SkillOut Distributions
b. Final Outcome
Currently, we are succeeded to get our first customer who
will participate us to thoroughly test the application's beta
version due by the end of August 2013.
14. The Teamhe Team
Olya Zakharova, Ukraine – Ph.D. in Economics, two master
degrees in Economics and Computer Sciences, Associate
Professor in Kharkov National University of Economics,
leading the team with her vision of future quality education.
Azhar Mateen, USA – Co-founder of three companies,
having master degrees in business and computer sciences,
he is backed-up by a diversified business & technologies
experience.
João Teixeira Soares, Germany – A valuable team member
supporting by providing his IT expertise from Germany.
Auguste Yeboue,Nigeria – Adding to the team geographic
and skills diversity. An experienced African IT project
manager who did an MBA to add fun to his life !
15. The Team
Farhan Ahmed Hashmi, Saudi Arabia – A Techno Commercial
Professional basically a Computer Engineer with an MBA, works
as a Products and Strategy Manager in a leading telecom
operator in KSA.
Eric Karwowski, USA – An Entrepreneur and founder of two
companies. Student at Stanford's Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Program. Manager and IT professional working
with the largest companies in the world.
Javier Vega Cifuentes, Chile – Industrial Engineer with more
than 3 years of work experience. Knowledge in Supply Chain,
Processes, Costs, Simulation, Management Control, Planning,
Analysis and Data Processing, Research, BI, Continuous
Improvement, Production, Innovation, Standardization, Logistics,
ISO 9001, Finance and Plan Internet Marketing.
16. The Team
Zuhair Sagga, Saudi Arabia – More than 4 years
Solution/Software Developer with vast background of
business development/modeling, database design and
stakeholder engagement skills and expertise acquired in
public and private sectors. Love to have FUN while working.
Muhammad Abdur Rehman Khawaja, Pakistan –
Mechatronics Grad and Visionary Entrepreneur. Research
interests are: Robotics, Industrial Automation, Computer
Vision, Control System, Embedded System Design.
Experience in conducting research activities and organizing
Hand on Workshops.
Jonathan Pinones, Chile – Industrial Engineer with about 6
years of experience. Business Process Management; SAP
Planning Production, Logistics and Sales. Design and
Development Web. Instructor