What is Gooru?
Gooru is an education technology software and content provider founded in 2011 in Redwood City, California. Its mission is to improve learning outcomes for students by making education more equitable through technology.
The Gooru Learning Navigator is the company's flagship product - an open online platform for personalized learning and course creation. It provides tools for teachers to curate digital content from a variety of sources including Open Educational Resources (OER), plan engaging lessons, get real-time analytics on student progress, and share resources across networks.
Key features of Gooru's platform include:
- A digital lesson planner with standards alignment and assessment tools
- Analytics dashboards to monitor student progress
- Collaboration tools for teachers to share and remix lessons
- A content repository with over 100,000 free OER learning materials across subjects and grades
Gooru aims to help educators improve learning outcomes, close achievement gaps for underserved student groups, and promote the pedagogical versatility offered by technology. Its personalized learning approach caters to individual pace and style to keep students engaged. The company has raised over $40 million in funding since its founding.