Sandbox partnered with the Leadership Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) to create Dive: Student Aid – an immersive, video-driven learning platform developed to tackle the challenges of student disengagement and teacher burnout in an increasingly digital world. By combining a 16-episode documentary series with interactive multimedia learning elements, Dive: Student Aid successfully engaged students and educators in a more dynamic online learning environment.
Building on this success, Dive 2.0 emerges as a natural progression, expanding the platform’s capabilities to create a collaborative, interactive ecosystem that empowers educators, content creators, and learners alike. Dive 2.0 aims to further transform digital education, enhancing engagement, interactivity, and collaboration across the online learning space.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the limitations of traditional online education, where students and teachers struggled to adapt to virtual classrooms.
Dive: Student Aid was created as a direct response to these challenges, providing a video-driven solution that helped bridge the gap between students and educators. Building on this foundation, Dive 2.0 takes it a step further by enabling collaborative learning experiences, allowing for even greater flexibility, engagement, and creative teaching.
Dive 2.0 integrates high-quality, video-driven content with interactive multimedia tools to foster a more immersive and collaborative learning environment. The platform allows educators and media content creators to collaborate in producing or repurposing educational video content, while also giving educators tools to enhance their lessons with multimedia elements. Students are encouraged to actively engage with content through comments, quizzes, and assignments. This approach not only makes learning more interactive but also empowers students to take charge of their learning experiences. The excitement for Dive 2.0 has been palpable, with enthusiastic feedback from various conferences and showcases, underscoring the strong demand for such an innovative platform.
As Dive 2.0 continues to evolve, our vision is to transform the way educators, content creators, and students interact with online learning resources. By promoting collaboration between educators and media professionals, Dive 2.0 aims to democratize high-quality educational content, making it accessible and customizable for diverse learners.
The platform’s expansion seeks to enable even more robust collaborations, incentivizing the creation of video-driven learning experiences that are tailored to today’s educational needs. With ongoing partnerships, including those with Toronto Metropolitan University’s Leadership Lab, Medow Consulting, and Côté & Company, Dive 2.0 is poised to continue its impact, shaping the future of digital education.
Product Lead and Executive Producer: Boaz Beeri
Documentary Director: Dylan Reibling
Project Manager: Ana Cronkite
Cinematographer: Danny Patterson
Tech Lead: Markus Gilles
Senior Developer: Mathias Sauvestre
Researcher and Story Advisor: Laura Ann Fox
UX/UI Designer: Jonas Brandau and Kiija Gargarello
Senior Animator: Stephen Minty and Phil Scarano
Junior Animator: Yannie Lo
Junior Illustrator: Karolina Ficek
Post Production Coordinator: Mariana Urrutia
Sr. Video Editor/Sound Designer: Dylan Butler
Scriptwriters: Jade Blair and Laura Ann Fox
QA: Rebecca Rogers
