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Hi all! The Oppia Foundation is looking for volunteers to help voiceover math lessons. These math lessons are designed to be a novel and engaging way for students to learn or enhance their basic math concepts (e.g. addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, fractions). To make these math lessons more engaging for students, they have the option to listen to the audio as they read each lesson. We are looking for volunteers to dedicate some of their time to help voiceover the math lessons in any language. This will be an excellent opportunity to practice your reading skills/speaking skills, to add some extra volunteer hours if needed, or to just volunteer for a better cause.
Date Posted: 2024-04-20
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If you’re fluent in written English and passionate about eradicating education inequality, keep reading! Oppia is looking for someone to join our UX Writing team to help streamline and improve our written words, content strategy, and information architecture across multiple products. Please fill in this form if you'd like to help out! https://forms.gle/Q8NwkNm8BZNUzwet7 . Note that the form includes a small design challenge as part of the application (see the last question). Note: To join the team, you will need to have an Android device. Who We Are The Oppia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to provide high quality education to all. We do this through the creation and maintenance of our free-to-use platform, Oppia (https://www.oppia.org), the coordination of our passionate contributors, and the development of critical partnerships with NGOs in the communities we aim to serve. Even before COVID-19, students around the world were facing difficulties accessing quality education due to conflict, discrimination, lack of teacher training, and more. However, with COVID-19 forcing everyone to stay quarantined in their own homes, students now more than ever need access to free, quality education to ensure that they can continue to learn even if they cannot attend school. Where You Fit In Millions of children are not receiving the education they deserve. Of the 61 million children worldwide who cannot attend primary school, 17 million will never step foot into a school if trends continue. And, unfortunately, even those students who are in school may not receive the effective education they need. On Oppia’s website and Android beta app, our community of volunteers has created a series of mathematics lessons that have proved highly engaging and effective with students, including in a randomized controlled trial. However, we have also identified some areas with the website where new learners get confused, as well as opportunities to improve the user experience on both platforms from an onboarding and navigation perspective. We are in the process of launching an effort to rewrite and streamline the learner and teacher user experiences from a writing-first perspective, in order to make it more cogent and unified. This is particularly important for first-time users, or learners with limited exposure to technology-based education. As a UX Writing volunteer, you would be able to help with this initiative! Why Oppia is an Organization You Want to Work With Oppia has served over 2,000,000 users. Oppia focuses on effectiveness, and conducts rigorous user testing and RCTs to validate the lessons we offer. Learners using Oppia’s lessons have seen gains of 50+% from pre-test to post-test. Oppia's contributors actively help to provide students around the world with basic education. Please see https://medium.com/@ebelubhuhiose/86b97283edf4 and https://medium.com/@ojobusayo99/6e783aaddb74 for examples of our current work. Oppia has a community of hundreds of passionate volunteers from across the globe, so our meetings are held online at flexible times. What Our UX Writing Team contributes (but is not limited to) Write clear and concise content across multiple aspects of the product (including, but not limited to, labels and navigational elements, buttons, tutorials, and notifications). Work with other UX writers to maintain and evolve voice and tone for the content style guide, which aims to help students and teachers feel welcome and supported when using Oppia’s platform and lessons. Work from a global-first perspective, collaborating with the translations and partnerships teams to use language that internationalizes well. You'll also get to work with a product team of designers, researchers, product managers, and engineers from all around the world! There will be opportunities to share your work with them, receive feedback, and contribute to the team through mentoring, onboarding or recruiting. If you'd like to help out, please fill in our form: https://forms.gle/Q8NwkNm8BZNUzwet7 . Thanks!
Date Posted: 2024-04-24
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If you enjoy networking and building relationships and have a desire to help underserved children gain access to education, keep reading! Oppia is looking for passionate individuals to join our Partnerships Team and help forge partnerships with other organizations, especially in sub-Saharan Africa , Brazil, and the Middle East. To get started, please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/6wQDMXtem198EuPM8 . Who Are We? The Oppia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to provide high quality education to all. We do this through the creation and maintenance of our free-to-use platform, Oppia (https://www.oppia.org), the coordination of our passionate contributors, and the development of critical partnerships with NGOs in the communities we aim to serve. Where You Fit In Millions of children are not receiving the education they deserve. Of the 61 million children worldwide who cannot attend primary school, 17 million will never step foot into a school if trends continue. Even children that are able to attend school may not be getting a quality education due to a lack of resources that schools face, which has only gotten worse due to COVID-19. It is important for us to come together to bring Oppia’s free lessons to the children who need them the most, so that they can learn key skills that they will need for their lives. Our Partnerships Team establishes partnerships in our target markets of sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil, and the Middle East. The goal of our team is to introduce partners to the Oppia lessons and make it easy for them to actively use the lessons with students in their area. We are currently seeking individuals who are passionate about helping underserved children and have an interest in building relationships with organizations that will help further our mission. This role will include conducting outreach to potential partners, researching regions within our target markets for opportunities to help learners, and, most importantly, supporting the needs of our partners. Everyone is welcome to join and be a part of the team, although having some knowledge and experience with one or more of the target markets would be highly beneficial. Why Oppia is an Organization You Want to Work With Oppia has served over 2,000,000 users. Oppia focuses on effectiveness, and conducts rigorous user testing and RCTs to validate the lessons we offer. Learners using Oppia’s lessons have seen gains of 50+% from pre-test to post-test. Oppia's contributors actively help to provide students around the world with basic education. Please see https://medium.com/@ebelubhuhiose/86b97283edf4 and https://medium.com/@ojobusayo99/6e783aaddb74 for examples of our current work. Oppia has a community of hundreds of passionate volunteers from across the globe, so our meetings are held online at flexible times. What our Partnerships Team Contributes... Conduct research to identify potential partnership opportunities in target regions. Establish and support partnerships with organizations that have similar goals to ensure that a successful partnership is forged, and work with them to address any challenges that may arise. Regularly communicate with the Partnerships Team Lead to provide updates and feedback on partners, as well as identify common challenges and ways to address them. Support our partners by seeking opportunities to highlight their work in the press and through our marketing channels. If you'd like to help out, please fill in our application form: https://forms.gle/6wQDMXtem198EuPM8 . Thank you!
Date Posted: 2024-04-20
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Do you have an eye for detail, and a passion for making lessons as understandable as possible, in order to help underserved children gain access to basic math education? If so, Oppia is looking for volunteers to join our lesson reviewing team and help improve our curated online math lessons. To get started, please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/hhj548cqdccoWqzK8 Who We Are The Oppia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to provide high quality education to all. We do this through the creation and maintenance of our free-to-use platform, Oppia (https://www.oppia.org), the coordination of our passionate contributors, and the development of critical partnerships with NGOs in the communities we aim to serve. Where You Fit In Millions of children are not receiving the education they deserve. Of the 61 million children worldwide who cannot attend primary school, 17 million will never step foot into a school if trends continue. In the wake of COVID-19, millions more children are also seeing interruptions in their daily lives, stability, and education - making it even more difficult than before for many students to get the education they need to succeed. Our volunteer community has created a series of over 70 mathematics lessons that have proved highly engaging and effective, including in a randomized controlled trial. Their success has been possible because of our very careful content creation process, with multiple rounds of review to ensure that all the explanations are as clear as possible. We are now expanding our reach to other areas of mathematics and science, and are committed to maintaining the same level of quality. We are looking for experienced educators, ideally with a background in editing, proofreading, and/or mathematics teaching, to read draft educational content and provide feedback on what needs to be improved, or to evaluate suggestions for improving the lessons and advise on which changes should be made. Why Oppia is an Organization You Want to Work With Oppia has served over 2,000,000 users. Oppia focuses on effectiveness, and conducts rigorous user testing and RCTs to validate the lessons we offer. Learners using Oppia’s lessons have seen gains of 50+% from pre-test to post-test. Oppia's contributors actively help to provide students around the world with basic education. Please see https://medium.com/@ebelubhuhiose/86b97283edf4 and https://medium.com/@ojobusayo99/6e783aaddb74 for examples of our current work. Oppia has a community of hundreds of passionate volunteers from across the globe, so our meetings are held online at flexible times. What Our Lesson Improvements Team Contributes Review all new educational content before it is published to students. Identify errors, unclear explanations, or references that might confuse students from different cultures, and provide suggestions to improve the text and presentation. Review suggestions for improvements to existing lessons, and advise on which ones to implement. Review existing lessons and suggest improvements to them. If you’d like to help out, please fill in our application form at https://forms.gle/hhj548cqdccoWqzK8. Thank you!
Date Posted: 2024-04-20
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If you’re fluent in writing Spanish and passionate about eradicating education inequality, keep reading! Oppia is looking for someone to join our translation team to help translate our online lessons from English to Spanish, and make them accessible to Spanish-speaking students who cannot easily read English. Please fill in this form to get started: https://forms.gle/HTCWBRixXo9gJj2o7 Who We Are The Oppia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to provide high quality education to all. We do this through the creation and maintenance of our platform, Oppia (http://www.oppia.org), the coordination of our passionate contributors, and the development of critical partnerships with NGOs in the communities we aim to serve. Even before COVID-19, students around the world were facing difficulties accessing quality education due to conflict, discrimination, lack of teacher training, and more. Now, more than ever, students need access to free, quality education to ensure that they can continue to learn even if they cannot attend school. Where You Fit In Millions of children are not receiving the education they deserve. Of the 61 million children worldwide who cannot attend primary school, 17 million will never step foot into a school if trends continue. And, unfortunately, even those students who are in school may not receive the effective education they need. Our community of volunteers has created a series of story-based mathematics lessons that have proved highly engaging and effective with English-speaking students. We now want to expand the reach of these lessons by translating them into Spanish. This language is a particular focus because we already have several partners and students (typically in Latin and South America) who are interested in using our lessons, but can't easily do so because of the language barrier -- so, we are seeking help from native or native-level speakers of Spanish to translate the lessons. Why Oppia is an Organization You Want to Work With Oppia has served over 1,700,000 users. Oppia’s current library consists of more than 20,000 lessons. Oppia focuses on effectiveness. Our continuous improvement process involves rigorous user testing and randomized trials to ensure we create high quality educational materials catered to the needs of our most underserved global learners. Oppia consists of passionate volunteers from across the globe, so our meetings are held online at flexible times. What Our Translation Team contributes Adding written translations of lessons to other languages. Reviewing translations contributed by others to ensure that they are correct and consistent. Advising on barriers that students from different cultures might encounter when understanding and relating to the stories used in the lessons. If you'd like to help, please fill in this form to get started! https://forms.gle/HTCWBRixXo9gJj2o7
Date Posted: 2024-04-20
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