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The interesting differences between, say duolingo and what a sign student would want to see:

* Flashcards are okay for some signs but plenty of signs are much better seen animated

* some signs are complicated and you need to see the whole signer from waist up; others are simple enough a simple image would do

* Short youtube embedded clips are okay except loading times are aggravating

* clips should be high res; some finger actions are small and detail can be hard to see

* there are variations between different sign languages, eg BSL and ASL

* source material is hard to get but there are a few sign teachers working on their own, one video at a time. They might be interested in partnering.

I'm a heavy user of Duolingo. Been trying to teach myself Russian for the past 2-3 years. Almost use it on daily bases (I have missed a few days here and there by accident or when I had no connection). Usually my repeat usage is anywhere from 20 days to now 143 consecutive days. My biggest frustration with Duolingo (Russian language) is that none of the grammar rules are explained. So even thought I'm able to repeat something, it's only after I google variations of a verb or a noun and the grammar case, is when I get the answer why something is, for example, ending in a "e", etc.

I have not paid the premium fee for Duolingo. Mainly because the premium adds no value to my learning. I've spent over $100-150 on Russian books from grammar to vocabulary.

If Duolingo added more grammar explanation for premium price, I would pay for that.

It takes Duolingo a few years to roll out a new language. It's hard to do it in-house. And still, with Russian language, they don't have all the grammar hints that exist on other languages like French (I've been told, French has it).

My view is, why not turn Duolingo into a marketplace and let other language expert create additional educational material to augment the lessons and let them sell it to me and follow the Apple's revenue share model. Perhaps a specific lesson might have 3-4 additional learning modules that I can buy from different providers. Each module has a star-rating (you can filter out the fake stars by how often someone is using Duolingo). Also once I find one provider's way of explaining, I'll look for more teaching modules from them.

My point is, if you can look into Udemy and how they turned their video system into a paid learning platform, you might come up with a premium model for your business.

Good luck!

Markdown makes sense for technically inclined folks.

Educators who are not tech saavy are likely still better off with WYSIWYG.

Edit for the downvoters: Speak up - I have to work with both tech skilled and low digitally skilled educators.