Champlain College professor creates online virtual platform

Some educators are making bigger online virtual platforms work, others are creating their own. InSpace was the idea of a data science professor at Champlain College after some other online platforms weren’t cutting it. So far it is being used at 52 colleges with more on board for a trial. “It’s so much more engaging than typical video conferencing platforms,” said Kylie King, a professor of businesses and entrepreneurship at Champlain College. King says battling low student engagement in the virtual classroom was a challenge, until one of her colleagues right here in Burlington, presented a solution.