MyEd secured a £49,088 IUK grant from the **_Business-led innovation in response to global disruption (de minimis) competition_** for a six-month project for the development of the MyEd Open School prototype _**(Project No. 54156).**_ The project is making excellent progress and a functioning, small scale tested prototype will be delivered by the end of November 2020, ready _**for second phase development over nine months for a fully tested and a robust service for a national launch by the beginning of July 2021\.**_ The objectives of this second phase development project are to: (1) Conduct further research and development necessary to refine the design of the finished Open School platform that meets the needs of teachers, pupils and parents for the delivery of formal education during periods of national crisis and that will become an essential resource for teachers' daily practices. (2) Design, develop and test the fully functional service amongst primary and secondary school teachers, pupils and parents. (3) Further refine and retest the **_service that is ready for_** a national launch by July 2021\. The _**Open School is a digital technology solution specifically designed to empower every teacher to run virtual classes for their pupils that provides continuity of formal education at no cost to parents.**_ Teachers will be able to plan, prepare and deliver short pre-recorded and/or live scheduled classes to their pupils (in small or large groups) that _**parents pre-register their children to participate**_. _**Content created by teachers is stored on the Open School platform for future use that parents can access at anytime and anywhere.**_

The vision for this project is to deliver a fully functioning and tested prototype of MyEd Open School platform by the end of March 2021 that is ready for second phase development (that started on 1st October 2020, supported by IUK grant) for a national launch by the beginning of September 2021. The objectives of the project are to: (1) Research the challenges teachers and schools encounter in delivering continuity of formal education to their pupils during periods of national crisis and the limitations of the existing home learning platforms and online media. (2) Design, develop and test a fully functional prototype of the service amongst teachers, pupils and parents. (3) Refine and retest the enhanced prototype over the extended project period (December to March) so that it is ready for development into a Beta version for a national launch by September 2021. The focus of this project is on conducting further research of the first stage demonstrator prototype (that MyEd has already developed) amongst teachers, pupils and parents to inform the development of the detailed user experience, design and technical specification of the MHL service. The fully functioning prototype will be ready by the end of March for further testing with teachers, pupils and parents during Easter holidays. The extended project and testing is supported by four schools in the West Midlands and London.

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