Jack Tai Founded OneClass to Give College Students the Ultimate Study Resource
When one considers Facebook’s origins as a college-exclusive social network, one could say that the college environment is the birthplace of modern social networking and digital life. Facebook leveraged college’s social scene to make mass communication easier. What if an entrepreneur leveraged the social nature of college to help students with the real purpose of universities—education? Entrepreneur and cool person in tech Jack Tai founded OneClass to attempt exactly that. OneClass is an online resource for post-secondary school students that crowdsources study materials and class notes to form a large database of helpful tools for students. OneClass sources course notes on a wide variety of subjects from students across North America. It also stores organized study packets and video tutorials for many of those subjects. OneClass focuses on offering study material provided by other students rather than formal textbook-style material provided by teachers or institutions. In theory, this makes a lot of sense, as students would likely understand other students’ way of explaining things. Anyone who has trouble accessing the notes or videos on OneClass should find remote tech support for help with a solution. Read more »
