By Harry McCracken, Technologizer
In certain respects, Versal reminds me a little bit of Curious. Both aim to help anybody teach anything to everybody who’d like to learn it. But while Curious emphasizes video lessons above all else, Versal allows its teachers to create courses and classes that meld words, images and video with interactive web gadgets. The text, pictures and videos let teachers do the teaching; the gadgets let students teach themselves by doing. Versal provides a web-based editor that lets users piece everything together in a straightforward manner reminiscent of a blogging platform such as WordPress, then hosts completed courses on its own servers. Among the gadgets debuting in Versal’s first courses are one that lets 3D modelers manipulate a skeleton; another allows color-theory students to tap on paintings to see which colors they use; and a third (shown above) provides a simulation of how epidemics spread. They all worked well on both my PC and iPad, and hint at how all sorts of gadgets could enhance all sorts of lessons.
http://techland.time.com/2013/07/09/versal-aims-to-make-teaching-as-easy-as-blogging/
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