At exam time, students often pool their notes and study
together. Now, an online study platform offers a way to collect such information
and turn it into an online study guide.
StudyBlue already creates items such as electronic
flashcards and practice quizzes for students. The content for the new study
guides comes directly from students. It’s then uploaded and accessed through
the StudyBlue platform.
The guides can be updated throughout the semester with
students receiving notifications on their mobile devices when fresh content has
been added. The guides also feature a pop-up window that lets students set
their social media status to alert friends when they are busy studying.
The platform is available as a free Android or iOS app,
but the study guides cost $5 each. StudyBlue founder Chris Klundt reports that the company is already creating 40,000 guides a day.
“With four million students and 175 million pieces of
content, we were seeing a network effect happening,” Klundt told eCampus News.
“Students input their classes into the system with their classmates, create
this content, and we can put it all together in a study guide, ordering it by
quality and popularity.”
