The Owlfred Chronicles

EDUCAUSE 2011

PHILADELPHIA—October 21, 2011—OpenStudy, on the path to making the world one big study group, today announced a partnership with Pearson, the world’s leading learning company and creator of OpenClass. The two technology leaders share the common goals of raising achievement, access, and educational equity for all of the world’s students.

OpenStudy’s free, real-time social learning network of students asking and answering questions of one-another in all major academic disciplines represents a collaborative process of many helping many.  The immediate 24/7 feedback through OpenStudy—more than 80% of questions  answered within five minutes—is both a learning motivator and potential lifeline of comprehension for an otherwise intractable problem.

OpenStudy CEO Chris Sprague says that “OpenStudy’s student-to-student study groups and real-time Q&A capabilities fit comfortably under the umbrella of Pearson’s broad-scope OpenClass initiative.  The collaboration of the two companies promises a significant benefit to global education.”

OpenClass is Pearson’s innovative learning management system delivered from the Cloud. With one click, OpenClass integrates with Google Apps for Education, providing access to an array of social media, technologies and curricula that students already embrace—an “easy sell” to the educator or student, and a plus for education. It’s user friendly and free!