Local start-up receives 2.7M grant from DOST to develop online learning solutions in the new normal

A local startup composed of IT professionals and students from the University of Mindanao (UM) – Davao City Campus was chosen as one of the top 14 startup grantees of the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development's (DOST-PCIEERD) Startup Grant Fund Program on June 8, 2021.

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Advanced InfinIT Technology Solutions Inc., established in 2017, is a Davao City-based information systems solutions provider specializing in customized information systems solutions for various clients. The team is composed of three members with various experiences in I.T. education and software development, namely: Somerset Elcid Rigonan Siang, MIS, Wedmark A. Parajes, and John Mark Dumanig, MIM. The team offers a learning management system used for conducting online learning and for sharing of materials and resources.

Advanced InfinIT Technology Solutions Inc. submitted their proposal entitled" Enhancement and Market Validation of InfinIT Learning Management System: A

Learning Management System with Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) Analytics" or InfinIT LMS which is aligned with the theme of "Jumpstarting the Economy in the New Normal".

As part of the top 14 out of 54 proposals, Advanced InfinIT Solutions will be provided by DOST with an approved budget of 2.7M to implement their project.

InfinIT LMS is a Learning Management System (LMS) platform that helps students, teachers, and school administrators in monitoring student outcomes and curriculum effectiveness using OBE compliant data analytics. The system is designed to analyze the individual learner's assessment tasks and generate a learning analytics based on its outcomes such as analysis of personal trait, skills, competencies, subject knowledge, etc.

In addition, InfinIT LMS' OBE Data Analytics addresses the need for real-time monitoring of curriculum effectiveness as well as providing a data-driven support for the continuous development of the education system in the Philippines.

InfinIT Solutions operates under the UMasenso HUB, a Technology Business Incubator (TBI) based in the University of Mindanao (UM) and funded by the DOST under the Higher Education Institution Readiness for Innovation and Technopreneurship (HeIRIT) Program. Its mandate is to support aspiring technopreneurs through training, mentorship, and innovation programs that can develop their business ideas in the fields of Agriculture, Disaster and Risk Reduction Management, Tourism, Transportation, and Environmental Sustainability. 

"Our LMS platform will offer a viable and cheaper online learning solutions to all the schools within the Philippines while offering standard LMS features at par with most commercial LMS providers. Furthermore, the built-in OBE analytics will provide vital information necessary for the continuous development of the different course curriculum and better alignment to international OBE standards. Thus, it will raise the quality of education through continuous improvement of our curriculum and monitoring the effectiveness of teaching strategies" said Somerset Siang, Advanced InfinIT Solutions founder.

Siang added that their startup faced some challenges especially during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and suspension of face-to-face classes. Instead of closing down, they saw this as an opportunity to develop academic services-related systems for UM and conceptualized an OBE-compliant LMS framework, eventually developing the InfinIT LMS.

As part of the top 14 out of 54 proposals, Advanced InfinIT Solutions will be provided by DOST with an approved budget of 2.7M to implement their project.

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