At OTO, we recognise that both synchronous (live) and asynchronous modes of learning have their own strengths. Live classes give learners the opportunity to participate in a fun, collaborative way with their teacher and peers while learning that is access by a learner at their own pace is perfect for giving them more flexibility and agency over their education. That's why, at OTO, we use a mixture of both to give our learners the best possible outcomes.
We value learning through projects. We find that project based learning not only enables learners to access a deeper, more creative understanding of knowledge and skills, but also that it equips them with key attributes such as planning, goal setting, and time management that give them the foundations for later life. At OTO, every half term has a unique, real world theme that learners build their projects around. Over the course of that half term they are empowered to create an in-depth project that showcases what they have learnt.
Education is much more than just about the rote memorisation of facts and figures. Learners need to develop crucial skills such as empathy, creativity, critical thinking and more that better prepare them for a rapidly changing world. We believe that these skills are so vital, that we're in the process of creating our own OTO Skill Tree that captures what we see as the essential and life long outcomes that we want every graduate to possess.
The 'flow state' refers to a particular state of mind where a person is completely occupied by an activity. Think of a time when you were completely absorbed by something - that feeling of being 'in the zone'. That is what we try to achieve at OTO. We try to design our curriculum to enable our learners to access this Goldilock's zone of learning where it is just the right amount of challenging and fun for them.