Social MOOC Taker

  • Singapore, Singapore
  • EducationEducation Technology, Education

We make e-learning more engaging in MOOCs by connecting learners to a fitting group of people

Founded:
2014
Stage:
Beta Launched
Market:
B2B

Startup Video

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Founded

Oct

2014
New Product Release

Launched version 1!

Sep

2015
New Product Release

Launched version 2!

Apr

2016

Jobs

Team Summary

Payal's a 22 yr old edtech enthusiast who founded her first edtech startup at 18 for which she was shortlisted as a Thiel Fellowship semifinalist. Ben's an award winning Moodle developer. He also wrote a migration script to move 20K+ courses across e-learning platforms. Sarah is a teacher turned UI/UX designer and Ann is an R&D specialist.

Team

Founding Team

Payal Lal

Payal Lal


Founder

Thiel fellowship semi-finalist, Formerly at eRated (Techstars London company), law school dropout, founded 3 startups, psychology major at Yale-NUS

WORK

Social MOOC Taker (2014 - present)
Founder

eRated (2015 - 2015)
Business and Marketing Analyst

CognaLearn (2015 - 2015)
Product Management Intern

EDUCATION

Yale NUS College
Bachelor's Degree • 2013 - 2017

Amity International School, Saket
High School • 1998 - 2012

Product/Service Summary

MOOCs have a dropout rate of 95%. Our tool makes them more engaging by connecting MOOC learners to a fitting group of 10 others using an algorithm. Group members can chat with each other and track each others' progress in the course as they go. We're a B2B company - we work with online course providers who use our product for their e-learners.

Product/Service Descriptions

Social MOOC Taker

Social MOOC Taker is a social tool that uses an algorithm to connect e-learners to a fitting group of 10 others taking the same course. Group members can chat and keep track of each others' progress as they go through their online course.