Ryze is a cutting-edge EdTech app and platform that was developed out of Norwich Business School at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Due to its success and impetus it became a spin-off social enterprise, supporting numerous universities, businesses and public services in the UK and Europe.
The innovation directly addresses a widespread challenge across university education and corporate training: maintaining learner attention, involvement and engagement against a wider societal background of technology dominated by competing short-form, visually stimulating content platforms.
To this, the platform offers:
• Personalised learning and adaptive learning capabilities to ensure learning is bespoke to different learner needs• Gamified learning elements, including points systems, adaptive knowledge-checks, and prize systems
• Analytics dashboard for instructors to track detailed student engagement and learning patterns, engagement behaviours
• Customised and adaptive content delivery that aligns with modern students' digital consumption habits (similar to TikTok, Netflix)
• Flexibility to use white-label content or create custom materials
• Ability for instructors to edit, personalise, and upload their own content, and send out push notifications directly to mobiles
• Inclusive design and reach, offering a wide range of technical features that supports accessibility
The evidence to support Ryze’s success includes the learner adoption, with exceptionally high rates of achievement. In some instances, the EdTech platform has shown over 400% increases in learner engagement compared to previous digital learning platforms that were used to deliver similar content.
Wider evidence includes the fact that over 20 universities adopting the app and platform, over 25 businesses using the app and platform. This translates into over 15000+ users since the platform launched. We have evidence of enrolling over 4000 students in a single month, being used in the UK and internationally.
