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I've been playing around with designs for a "learn X together" site/service. The StudyWeb seems to be an emergent phenomenon across existing social media platf
by pugio 5y ago
I've been playing around with designs for a "learn X together" site/service.
The StudyWeb seems to be an emergent phenomenon across existing social media platforms, with an intense focus on helping young students pass the current system's institutionalized checks/tests/hoops.
What about MOOCs, all of those cool Youtube lecture playlists, in-depth articles, that cool textbook some enterprising prof published online for free? I can't count the number of times I think "I would definitely love to learn this!" but inevitably I lose focus, motivation, or time. I want something where other people can join me, commit to regular meetings, share in a space where we're all learning the same thing.
I know communities have grown up organically around various YouTubers, bloggers, and specific topics – and the StudyWeb definitely has aspects of this – but the best current advice for finding a learning group is "search for a reddit or Discord". There's got to be a better way.
- vardhanw 5y agoI was thinking along similar lines. A place to setup a short-term "team" of people interested in a topic, with or without a "teacher", to "study" said topic on their own - organizing, having discussions, distributing and presenting the work, sharing the learnings and disbanding. The social media platforms can be used for the organizing and coordinating parts. I am not into web-design but thought over this idea for a web-site just for publishing and discovering an interest or specific task. WOuld be something I would use if it exists. On a side note, even started a subreddit (teamdo) [0] which got zero traction (haven't advertized it anywhere) - wish it got some interest to try it out as a prototype. [0] http://reddit.com/r/teamdo http://reddit.com/r/teamdo