José Ramón González, a participant in TICAL 2017 Costa Rica, is a representative of GRAMMATA EDUCACIÓN.
What we have developed is an ecosystem of solutions that address the challenge of digital education for universities from a modality perspective. We have implemented solutions that allow us to access a specifically designed desktop from a mobile device, for both students and teachers, so that we can centralize access to all the tools necessary for the learning process. In this context, we are also incorporating elements to provide traceability for students and give the university the tools to make informed decisions.
Many of the systems on the market were designed more than ten years ago. They were designed for the internet environment and browser access, not specifically for mobility, and that aspect was relegated to a secondary role. We emerged a bit later, having spent around four years developing these solutions, but they are solutions developed by and for mobility—the ability to learn anywhere and to integrate ourselves into the university's needs within a model that is, let's say, recent and tailored to their requirements.
GRAMMATA was born in Spain a while ago, what we did was evolve it into GRAMMATA Education, as a specialized company, as a kind of Start-up, specifically to be able to create solutions for the university environment, basically what they need. It was born in Granada, and the truth is that we have been evolving in Latin America in recent years, also hand in hand with UTPL, and the truth is that we are frankly happy.
The truth is, technology is evolving at such an enormous speed, and this ultimately presents a truly interesting challenge. One of the main elements we designed in the area of mobility was to include a universal updater within the desktop concept I mentioned earlier. In this sense, we are able to update whenever necessary, so as not to overwhelm students with potential updates daily. Furthermore, if possible, we always synchronize it with UTPL's vision, so that the technology allows us to perform updates, and UTPL updates accordingly. Additionally, another key point is that all our solutions reside in the cloud. This cloud-based environment allows us to grow according to demand and needs that arise at any time, enabling us to provide dynamic updates whenever necessary.
It is absolutely customized by the institution; in fact, let's say that the tools, the solutions represent 80% of the solution. There is 20% that is made to measure, which needs to be integrated with the enrollment systems, with the reporting systems, with everything that is the decision-making scheme that the university has. So, let's say that there is a part that is more about implementing the solution itself, and then there is another part that is about integration and working hand in hand with the technology department of the university.
