As BrainStreet evolved over the years from a project based consulting firm to an online and content services company, it began to use its in-house skillset to design a range of solutions for the delivery of online content and related services. It is with this in mind that the BrainStreet Online Learning Platform www.brainstreetlearning.com was conceived and developed. This web portal provides publishers, instructors, students and administrators with a more flexible and powerful learning tool that enhances the learning experience by harnessing the power of the Internet. Using state-of-the-art Web application technology with educational content supplied by major publishers or in house instructors, the result is a fully integrated, easy-to-use, Web-based, network learning environment, which offers instructors and students the ability to easily access and create content and interactive Web-based learning experiences. Specifically designed for the Caribbean environment, www.brainstreetlearning.com currently provides interactive content and students also have access to on-line quizzes and examinations based on the educational content and online curriculum provided to them on the web portal. Online academic forums facilitate discussions, the sharing of experiences and also provide course-related assistance when necessary. Experienced teachers are available on-line at scheduled times to answer questions and solve problems.
Electronic gradebooks provide parents/guardians with a comprehensive analysis of online student performance. At the tertiary level The BrainStreet has signed an agreement with the University of the West Indies’ Cave Hill School of Business (CHSB) to launch and host the online component of their Executive Diploma in Management (EDM) and Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA) curricula. The company uses its BrainStreet Learning Platform. (http://chsb.brainstreetlearning.com) to host and provide technical support for CHSB’s online courses and related materials. This technical support includes the formatting of all academic coursework for online delivery, the provision of online chat rooms and discussion forums for primary and secondary school students to engage in discussions and other collaborative exercises, the provision of audio/video conference rooms for “live” teaching/ training sessions and a facility that allows students to easily upload any digital content for evaluation and grading. Students also have the option of submitting essays, spreadsheets, presentations, photographs or even small audio and video files.
As part of our continued expansion in this sector, BRAINSTREET recently launched its latest platform called BRAINCENTRAL (www.braincentral.online). It is envisioned that this platform will be 100,000 question bank suited for ages 7-18. These questions will be used to develop hundreds of quizzes that students will use to practice in preparation for national and regional examinations.