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Peter Simones from Cramster.com joins Craig to discuss their online social learning community of high school and college students Using accessible technology to promote learning and online collaboration.
Cramster has 100,000 active usersCramster.com’s Facebook application, Courses 2.0, lets students share schedules and view class rosters.
Cramster.com gives students personalized help and connects students with students, which is essential to the learning process, since we are always online, students can post questions at their convenience, day or night.
Subject matter enthusiasts are graduates, working professionals or retirees who don’t currently who are not educator, but wish to offer their expertise and passion for learning to the Cramster.com community.
Subject Matter Experts are like tutors, but provide a more communal, open learning environment. Unlike tutors that usually work in private, one-on-one environment, SMEs’ contributions to the site (both adding content and answering questions) are available for the entire Cramster.com community
How effective is Cramster.com? Ninety percent of students polled say Cramster.com helped them raise or maintain their grade.