- Course Hero
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Course Hero URL http://www.coursehero.com/ Slogan Learn. Share. Teach. Achieve. Type of site Internet Social Learning Network Available language(s) English Alexa rank 
32,660 (November 2011[update])[1]Course Hero is a self-described social learning network for students to access study resources and study groups. Its educator portal is a micropublishing platform for educators to distribute their educational resources. Course Hero collects study resources like old exams, problem sets, class notes and study guides from users who upload. Users upload documents in order to receive membership and access the other documents that are uploaded on the website.[2] Some liken the resource sharing to a high-tech twist on an old college practice. Fraternities and sororities have long maintained "test files," where younger members study from older members' course work.[3]
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History
Course Hero was founded by Andrew Grauer at Cornell University in September of 2007 under the belief that information is valuable and can be even more useful if properly indexed and accessible. [4] As of April 2009, Course Hero "holds a library of more than two million course documents, including homework, class notes and graded essays, uploaded by students enrolled at 3,000 different colleges", according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. [5] Course Hero maintained a fan base of over 240,000 people on Facebook in February of 2011. [6]
Features
Students either pay a monthly subscription or avoid paying anything and instead upload documents that could be useful to other students. [7] On Course Hero, "students can type in a college name and course number to unearth the previous semester’s particle physics final exam. They can find examples of research papers on, say, the causes of World War I." [8] A program called “The Knowledge Drive” was introduced in September of 2010 in which a book is donated to Books for Africa for every 10 study materials uploaded to the website. [9] Also available on the website is homework help where students can input a question that will be responded to by a tutor within 24-48 hours. [10] In March of 2011 they launched a sister website, CourseHero.org, that indexes and publishes thousands of free lectures and educational videos. Universities featured include Harvard, Princeton and NYU. [11]
External links
References
- ^ "Coursehero.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/coursehero.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "[1]", Students Share Exams Online. Business Week (2008-11-23) Retrieved on 2010-01-18.
- ^ "[2]", Students Share Exams Online. Business Week (2008-11-23) Retrieved on 2010-01-18.
- ^ "[3]", Web site, Facebook function spreads course materials. The Brown and White (2008-04-15) Retrieved on 2011-02-08.
- ^ "[4]", Do Study Sites Make the Grade?. Wall Street Journal (2009-04-09) Retrieved on 2010-01-18.
- ^ "[5]", "Course Hero Fan Page". Facebook (2011-02-08) Retrieved on 2011-02-08.
- ^ "[6]", Do Study Sites Make the Grade?. Wall Street Journal (2009-04-09) Retrieved on 2010-01-18.
- ^ "[7]", Psst! Need the Answer to No. 7? Click Here.. The New York Times (2009-05-17) Retrieved on 2010-01-18.
- ^ "[http://www.coursehero.com/oncampus_kdrive.php}", "About the Course Hero Knowledge Drive". Course Hero, Inc. Retrieved on 2011-02-08
- ^ "[http://www.coursehero.com/qa_ask_question.php}", "Ask a question, get an answer fast!". Course Hero, Inc. Retrieved on 2011-02-16
- ^ "[http://www.coursehero.org}", "Learn from the world's best educators". Course Hero, Inc. Retrieved on 2011-04-21
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