Platform update: First free groups made by teachers available in the IRIS Connect Group Store
60,000+ educators using IRIS Connect worldwide
Platform update:
Flipped learning possible with new student groups
Hardware update:
Release of Discovery Kit 6 Pro – simplified system for easier set-up and improved audio with two iPod Touch devices as microphones
British Council South Africa and the Department for Basic Education SA
Start using IRIS Connect to deliver teacher training over distance
Hardware update:
LiveView 5 – HD enabled camera with updated pan tilt zoom, wider camera view and restyled casing
Platform update:
Improved forms tool for deeper lesson analysis
Over 4,000 videos a week being securely uploaded to IRIS Connect
IRIS Connect office set up in Seattle, USA
SSAT
Become first IRIS Connect content partner and launch their Effective Learner Behaviours Group
Platform update:
Improved in-platform training resources
Start of Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Video observation and coaching project in collaboration with IRIS Connect and Whole Education
First ‘Shaping the Future of CPD’ conference held in London
Launch of more intuitive and technically advanced V2 of the platform.
IRIS Connect community all migrated free of charge
Start of strategic partnerships
Between IRIS Connect and VIA UC, Denmark and Saxion UAS, The Netherlands
Hardware update:
LiveView 4 – updated pan tilt zoom
Hardware update:
Discovery Kit 5 – use of iPads for larger screen, longer battery life and better WiFi connectivity
Hardware update:
LiveView 3 – improved audio with two wireless microphones
1000th school welcomed to the IRIS Connect community
20,000+ teachers using IRIS Connect
Start of the pan-European Creative Classrooms Lab project
Using IRIS Connect to improve teacher collaboration across 5 countries
Hardware update:
Discovery Kit 4 – introduction of dual view feature
Hardware update:
Discovery Kit 3 – improved data security with automatic uploads using iPods and the custom built IRIS Connect app
Hardware update:
Discovery Kit 2 – first touch screen Discovery Kit camera
VIA University College
Start a four year research and development study using IRIS Connect to support the learning of student teachers
Release of IRIS Connect Discovery Kit camera
First portable camera
Hardware update:
LiveView 2 – improved audio and wireless microphone
First IRIS Connect school welcomed
IRIS Connect is the first video professional learning platform with mobile camera systems that is:
Fully secure and cloud-based
Teacher centric and built around giving permission
Equipped to provide in-ear coaching, time-linked notes and observation forms
IRIS Connect born out of a research project at the University of Sussex