We want to make ICT more accessible and easier
Today’s education system is not good enough when it comes to learning coding and programming. Sci-Code, is a star-up company located in Oslo Science Park and they believe that providing a platform for software and tools for content creator, teacher, institutions and students will make the learning process more enjoyable, visual and easier to access.
The core team consists of three members. Magnus Lysfjord(CEO), Tarek Rahou(COO) and Simen Fossnes(CTO). The founders met each other while studying at the University of Agder (UiA). They were all seeking like minded people that had a similar work ethic, something that is in strong contrast to the “do minimum to get a job” attitude which a lot of students have today.
“We are very ambitious people and strongly believe what we are doing. With the job market flooding with ICT jobs we realized a global solution for ICT knowledge dissemination was imminent to keep in line with the democratization of technology”.
The goal of the Sci-Code learning platform is to help the education sector and learn programming languages in a practical and interactive way. Norwegian education will notice fast change in learning technology, and Norwegian businesses lacking effective tools for conversion and dissemination of knowledge are at risk of losing weight. With the learning platform that Sci-Code is developing they raise learning to a new level fro educational institutions and businesses. The platform provides high quality computer science courseware and tools. Instead of spending weeks creating interactive coding exercises, Sci-Code’s lean content manufacturing system will allow for any global expert to create courseware in any language, in minutes, without having code.
Simen Fossnes, the CTO says “Authors need tools for efficient manufacturing, iteration and sharing of engaging content and interactive exercises for ICT. Educators need a trusted platform where they can get the information and content they need to teach ICT. Learners need stimulating course content. In addition, we need to measure the learning process to know if we are moving the needle in the right direction and restructure our curriculum in a better way to be more adaptive to workforce requirements”.
As mentioned above, the product is still under development, and the team currently runs five pilot projects at Asker middle schools, pilot at the University of Agder and conducting several customer testing session, surveys and product presentations at conferences. So, far, the feedback has been positive says Tarek Rahou. “Our customers believe that the platform will definitely lower the threshold to start programming for many students. The head of CAIR (Center for Artificial Intelligence Research) which associates with University of Agder, also believes in the ability of the platform to visualize the dynamics of complex AI algorithms and helps students to practice building AI algorithms. Sci-Code says “As we are at an early stage of product launch, we meet our potentials investors at meetups, events, incubators, and prestigious conferences such as during our presentation at the Opera House at Aftenpostens ATech conference.
We regularly get guidance and feedback from our esteemed partners and sponsors such as the research council of Norway who help us in the right direction. Helping the education sector in learning and teaching programming languages in a project based and interactive way is the main aim of our product that we would entice our customers for their commitment. Programming is an exponential trend and what is missing is our enticing exponential educational product in programming to meet our current workforce needs”.
The core team consists of three members. Magnus Lysfjord(CEO), Tarek Rahou(COO) and Simen Fossnes(CTO). The founders met each other while studying at the University of Agder (UiA). They were all seeking like minded people that had a similar work ethic, something that is in strong contrast to the “do minimum to get a job” attitude which a lot of students have today.
“We are very ambitious people and strongly believe what we are doing. With the job market flooding with ICT jobs we realized a global solution for ICT knowledge dissemination was imminent to keep in line with the democratization of technology”.
The goal of the Sci-Code learning platform is to help the education sector and learn programming languages in a practical and interactive way. Norwegian education will notice fast change in learning technology, and Norwegian businesses lacking effective tools for conversion and dissemination of knowledge are at risk of losing weight. With the learning platform that Sci-Code is developing they raise learning to a new level fro educational institutions and businesses. The platform provides high quality computer science courseware and tools. Instead of spending weeks creating interactive coding exercises, Sci-Code’s lean content manufacturing system will allow for any global expert to create courseware in any language, in minutes, without having code.
Simen Fossnes, the CTO says “Authors need tools for efficient manufacturing, iteration and sharing of engaging content and interactive exercises for ICT. Educators need a trusted platform where they can get the information and content they need to teach ICT. Learners need stimulating course content. In addition, we need to measure the learning process to know if we are moving the needle in the right direction and restructure our curriculum in a better way to be more adaptive to workforce requirements”.
As mentioned above, the product is still under development, and the team currently runs five pilot projects at Asker middle schools, pilot at the University of Agder and conducting several customer testing session, surveys and product presentations at conferences. So, far, the feedback has been positive says Tarek Rahou. “Our customers believe that the platform will definitely lower the threshold to start programming for many students. The head of CAIR (Center for Artificial Intelligence Research) which associates with University of Agder, also believes in the ability of the platform to visualize the dynamics of complex AI algorithms and helps students to practice building AI algorithms. Sci-Code says “As we are at an early stage of product launch, we meet our potentials investors at meetups, events, incubators, and prestigious conferences such as during our presentation at the Opera House at Aftenpostens ATech conference.
We regularly get guidance and feedback from our esteemed partners and sponsors such as the research council of Norway who help us in the right direction. Helping the education sector in learning and teaching programming languages in a project based and interactive way is the main aim of our product that we would entice our customers for their commitment. Programming is an exponential trend and what is missing is our enticing exponential educational product in programming to meet our current workforce needs”.
