I Mandated a New Tool in My Class and the Student Results Shocked Me

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Aug 20, 2026 · 11m

I built the R3ciprocity platform. And I did not expect what it did to my students.

Last semester I offered it as an optional bonus project. Two students took me up on it. One built an advertising portfolio from scratch. Another built a real working app, a parking app. Legit.

That blew my mind.

So this semester I mandated it in my classes. I was honestly nervous about conflict of interest. I have taught for almost 20 years and I have always been careful.

But I did it anyway.

And it is fundamentally changing how my students learn. I have never seen improvements like this. They are actually…