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Oak National Academy

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Teachers’ lockdown classroom reported two million lesson accesses in its first week.

Oak National Academy

@OakNational · Apr 22, 2020

What are Year 7 learning this week 📚? The below is just a taste of what is on offer completely free for teachers and pupils to use...find out more #LearnWithOak oaknat.uk/2VP5rET

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Oak National Academy, Open Government Licence v3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
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How it works
Reach24Contagion35Breadth50Velocity0Longevity5332

Numbers

Reported daily-user peak, later report; earlier claim was 1.1M
934K–1.1M
As of Jan 12, 2021 · Open web · Self-reported · Oak National Academy
Milestone date
Week of Jan 4, 2021
Apr 20 ’20 to Week of Jan 4, 2021
Platforms
5
Started on Open web
Origin
Seeded
Education

Mechanics

  • Daily ritualPrimary
  • Maker origin
  • Platform jump
  • Political adoption
  • Newsjacking

How it spread

Trace the origin

Teachers launched a free lockdown classroom and reported two million lesson accesses in its first week. Assemblies and a Teacher Hub followed, then a larger January school-closure wave. Oak became a public body in 2022.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.

Wikipedia views · Google searchesMar ’20MayJulSepDecFeb ’21JunNovJun ’22OctDecMilestoneOak National AcademyStarts · Apr 20 ’20Gavin WilliamsonApr 19 ’20BBC NewsApr 19 ’20Twitter usersApr 20 ’20r/TeachingUK contributorsJan 16 ’21TVPressOpen webXReddit
TVPressOpen webXReddit

Timeline (16)

  1. April 2020

    Gavin Williamson precursor · Apr 19 ’20

    Williamson announced Oak at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing, ahead of its launch the next day.[1]

    Open the first post ↗
  2. BBC News precursor · Apr 19 ’20

    BBC News reported plans for Oak’s free lessons alongside the government’s laptop offer.[2]

  3. Oak National Academy seed · Apr 20 ’20

    Oak opened its online classroom with free video lessons, quizzes and worksheets.[3][4][1]

  1. platform jump · Apr 20 ’20

  2. commercial · Apr 27 ’20

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Every number (14)

  • Official Twitter followers before day-one growth; website was the seed“From 0 followers to 10,000 followers on Twitter on day one”
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Press (1 outlet)

  1. Apr 19, 20201 day beforeBBC News · Coronavirus lockdown: Laptops offered for online school lessons at home

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Origin
Seeded
Sector
Education
Region
GB
Reported daily-user peak, later report; earlier claim was 1.1M
934K–1.1M
As of Jan 12, 2021 · Open web · Self-reported · Oak National Academy
Evidence
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