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The Educational Technology Innovations (ETI) builds software solutions that create the next generation of innovative methods and technologies to enhance the development, capabilities, and impact of efforts across a breadth of education and human development needs. ETI strives to develop digital innovations to reduce, remove or bypass costly and time-consuming delays in the translational research pipeline. ETI provides a space for partnership in which the skills and talents of faculty and staff across the college and University are leveraged to produce specific, intentional, and mutually-agreed upon sustained results in product development and dissemination.

OUR PROCESS


Educational Technology Innovations (ETI) uses the Agile Development Methodology and Rapid Prototyping approach for all application, website and mobile application development. ETI employs state of the art development tools and solutions to empower the development of large, scalable and secure enterprise grade solutions, ensuring compliance for data storage and management while fostering innovation excellence. All source code is housed within a secure code repository with access control and backup. As needed, ETI works directly with the Office of General Counsel (OGC) and the University’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) to assure solutions are compliant with applicable laws.

TECHNOLOGY


ETI was established in 2015 following the successful exit of the Flipgrid product, which, following a Microsoft acquisition, has now been rebranded as Flip. The basic premise of ETI’s formation was that there were many instances of research knowledge being generated from sponsored projects that would benefit by custom software application design and development to not only prove what works, but to have an application that delivers what works and can be immediately implemented in schools and other settings. ETI provides the software designers and developers capable of building modern, secure and scalable applications and the research teams provide the evidence-based knowledge that benefits students and other populations. Working together in this way, 29 applications have been delivered over the last 9 years, including:

  • DEXALYTICS – a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan body
    composition software solution for collegiate and professional athletic programs which has been delivering reports at the NFL Combine since 2019.
  • IM4 – a social, emotional, behavioral intervention system which has been utilized in schools across the country since 2018.
  • PRESS – A tier II K-5 reading professional development and resource
    environment that provides specific, intentional reading interventions based on a child’s exact needs of support which has been used internationally since 2017.
  • Bridges2Families – A researcher-developed tool, intended to support ease and quality of telehealth intervention for children and families, regardless of where families live.
  • Inference Galaxy – An interactive and innovative resource that supports student reading comprehension within a Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework.
  • GLAM –A Game-based Learning Avatar navigated Mobile app—to learn about the importance of HPV vaccination for survivors of childhood cancer.

Our Work

Inspired by the creation of the Flipgrid in the CE+HD, we focus our work on designing, developing, and disseminating software platforms in partnership with University of Minnesota faculty. Our work intends to make University knowledge accessible while maintaining evidence-based understandings from the research findings.

Meet the Team

John Behr

John Behr

Executive Director of ETI
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David Hoffman

Chief Marketing Officer
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Jake Bell

Lead Developer
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Joe Turgeon

Lead Developer
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Allie Causin

Product Owner
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Viet Do

Designer
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Elena Erofeeva

Developer
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Chris Lizama

Developer
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Leah Grim

Developer
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Looking for unicorns, ninjas, mermaids, and other rare breeds! Building on the success of Vidku, Inc., ETI is currently building new platforms and environments in both education and human development fields.

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Feel free to send us a note with any questions, comments, or simply to say ‘hello.’ We look forward to hearing from you.

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McNamara Alumni Center Suite 224
200 SE Oak St, Minneapolis, MN 55414
eti@umn.edu