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This is very cool! Have you considered implementing group sections. That way, students can pay less and tutors can earn more. If 10 students pay $10/hr, that's
by liamcardenas 9y ago
This is very cool! Have you considered implementing group sections.
That way, students can pay less and tutors can earn more. If 10 students pay $10/hr, that's $100/hr for the tutor, and the students would still benefit immensely.
- ralmidani 9y agoThank you for the compliment and suggestion! We will definitely consider group sections for a future iteration of the platform. As you said, this would be beneficial for all parties involved. By the way, on uMOOC, tutors keep 80% of their hourly rate, from day one.
- dkennemo 9y agoHello, I'm Dwayne Kennemore, the other founder of uMOOC. A group section would be terrific for another reason - in academic contexts, while students DO learn from their professors, they learn from ONE ANOTHER as much or more. There are a few reasons for this, but one of them is, I think, that they're more at ease with one another and don't have to worry about looking bad - this openness helps ideas flow more freely. Group functionality would make that dynamic possible, further replicating the network that occurs in real life, in cyberspace. You are already anticipating v2.0.
- perseusprime11 9y agoWon't it then just become an online class? How will you differentiate?
- dkennemo 9y agoThink of it like a breakout session of an online class rather than an online class itself. Why is that useful, you may ask... Having a group and sense of connection helps keep people motivated.