Let students share learning resources, marshalling hero get 15 million dollars

After a semester of courses, remember a full number of notes, to send people or reduced to waste, does not seem to be a good choice. How to properly use notes and a variety of learning materials, so that they continue to play the residual heat, sharing may be a very worthwhile way to try.

Marshalling Hero's philosophy is to allow students to pay for the sharing of learning materials, recently announced the acquisition of a 15 million dollar a round of financing. The financing by GSV and IDG, before the investment party SV Angel and Maveron continue to follow the vote.

Marshalling Hero is a platform for sharing online learning resources using the UGC model. We have reported it two years ago, but compared to previous products, the exhibits have changed a lot: from offering free business and web programming to a more extensive exchange platform for online learning resources. Students can upload their own course notes, learn the outline and short flash courseware, and also download the course materials for the previous upload.

There are more than 7 million learning materials on the site, including notes, outlines and quizzes, which are uploaded by students themselves, and more than 8900 schools have been involved in more than 60 countries. At the same time, marshalling hero also supports students to upload or make their own flashcards, so that the course content is fuller.

In addition to the resource sharing between the students, marshalling hero has built a bridge between students and teaching assistants to provide online TAS coaching and after-school troubleshooting. This part of the function is due to their acquisition of Cardinal Schools in 2012, a Web site offering online private TA services. Now, students can consult the teaching assistants (mainly the previous students) at a preferential price, including the course exercises and the relevant contents of the exam. Although this function has been welcomed by students, but in the teacher's opinion, is indeed a tool for cheating.

Online education, currently dominated by students and taking notes and other learning materials, is not uncommon in foreign countries, similar to Flashnotes, who have recently received 7 million of dollars in funding. This kind of domestic products have not yet outstanding star projects, is the future can focus on the development of a direction.