When people think about college students, they mostly picture bright-eyed 18-year-olds, out of the house for the first time. But the fastest-growing group of students are “non-traditional” students, and they’re increasingly being catered to by online programs and distance learning. For college administrators (and those marketing to college students) this raises a question: how will [...]
There’s no question about it: peer-to-peer learning is more efficient than lecture-style classes. Going forward, students and teachers are going to have to figure out how to organize themselves to take advantage of this, both online and off. Should groups be teacher-led, all working on the same material at the same time? Should students work [...]
It’s no secret that the traditional college experience is more than just classes–there’s clubs, study groups, and a sense of community that is rarely matched in the world after graduation. For students studying online (and the schools providing those classes), this can present a problem: how to recreate that experience when students live across the [...]
Ok, so an equation editor is not quite as climactic as the appearance of the Great Eagles in Tolkien’s The Return of the King, but we’re pretty excited about getting this on the site for you to use. It’s been about six months since we first put OpenStudy out there in its current form, and [...]
In our world of twitter, vimeo, facebook, and all the other social apps we use, it is refreshing to go back to good ole fashioned media We have recently been featured on some big outlets and wanted to share the coverage with our readers. Our Co-Founder, Ashwin Ram, was interviewed last week by CNN about [...]
Entries