BOULDER, CO — June 8, 2023 – Harmonize, a suite of discussion and collaboration tools, was named the Online Education Solution of the Year in 5th Annual EdTech Breakthrough Awards. As part of the program, EdTech Breakthrough aims to perform the deepest evaluations of the global educational technology industry each year to recognize and highlight the “breakthrough” EdTech solutions and companies. This year’s program garnered over 2,400 nominations from all over the world.
The mission of the EdTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the creativity, hard work and success of companies, technologies and products in the field of educational technology around the world. EdTech Breakthrough is part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the industry leaders in today’s most competitive categories of technology. Tech Breakthrough has worked with hundreds of industry leading companies, including Amazon, Intel, Cisco, Spotify, Sprint, HP, Qualcomm, Lenovo, Comcast, Philips, Dell and many more, providing a public platform for recognition for standout technologies and companies.
Harmonize is a suite of discussion and collaboration tools that integrate seamlessly with learning management systems to increase student-to-student and student-to-instructor interactions online.
Whether it’s a traditional face-to-face, hybrid, or fully online courses, institutions are finding it critical to create more engaging and collaborative learning environments to support student retention and success. With a focus on increasing student engagement and promoting inclusive learning, institutions like Brown University, Fayetteville State University, University of Michigan, and Southern Arkansas University Tech among others, have leveraged Harmonize to increase the quantity and quality of online interactions among students and with instructors.
For example, SAU Tech has doubled participation rates in online discussions and improved student collaboration by 80 percent. In addition, tools streamline the grading process for instructors, saving them time and providing the kind of Engagement Insights that identify at-risk students so instructors can re-engage them.
The EdTech Breakthrough Awards recognize and celebrate the most exceptional innovators, leaders, and trendsetters in education technology. Winners in other categories include: PowerSchool, Chegg, Canvas/Instructure, Carnegie Learning, Samsung, LEGO Education, Ellucian, Cisco, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boxlight, Paper, Samsung, Britannica Education, InStride, Promethean, Discovery Education, ViewSonic and an impressive list of top companies and startups in the industry.
If you’re interested in seeing how Harmonize can help you increase student engagement, request a demo here.
About Harmonize
42 Lines has more than a decade of experience developing innovative education technology solutions for higher education. Created based on educator and student feedback, Harmonize is a suite of discussion and collaboration tools that seamlessly integrate with learning management systems to create engaging synchronous and asynchronous online learning activities. Harmonize increases student engagement, while saving instructors time and eliminating manual tasks. To learn more about Harmonize, visit harmonizelearning.com.
