November 6th, 2008
The Academic Network that Stands Alone
I am pleased and excited to announce the launch of StudyBlue.com today. I believe that you will find the new look and feel refreshing and professional. Furthermore, some of the additions mentioned in the below posts (i.e. flashcard keyboard controls, bookmarks across university’s and hotlinks in the search) should certainly make studying a little easier.
As I have said many times, the Academic Network is the wave of the future. Students are looking for tools to help them study more efficiently. While there are competitors in this marketplace that are simple “note” sites with wacky gimics and a lot of fluff. I believe StudyBlue.com has a couple of key advantages over our competitors.
First, we sincerely care about our users. We take user feedback seriously and try to update based on your needs. Heck, I’m a fairly recent college graduate (we all are at StudyBlue) and I know what is going to help you get better grades and save you time. Not to mention, help you learn the material. If you’re not happy, we’re not doing our job.
Second, we’re not simply a “notes” website. There are a lot of sites on the web today offering students class notes…and if you upload your notes you can earn…name your prize. These sites give Academic Networks a bad name. The goal of an Academic Network isn’t to be a shortcut or cheating for students; absolutely not, in fact the goal is to help students study and efficiently learn material. While notes are great. They do not cut it alone. That is why we offer flashcards, study groups, notes, chat boards, tutors, book outlines, calendars, and much more. I believe that the Internet can and will revolutionize education, but to do so, we need to provide students with the tools that will help them study, interact, and learn.
Finally, StudyBlue.com prides itself as a premier Academic Network that helps students study more efficiently. We believe students should study smarter, not harder. This isn’t just some lame saying, we truly believe that the Internet is the future of education and we are on the forefront. We believe that there are a variety of tools that help students study and while we don’t have them all (yet), we will continue building our site to provide you, our users with the most efficient study gear around.
Today is an exciting day for us, changing to studyblue.com, but this is only the beginning. Over the next few months we will continually upgrade our site with new and innovative academic technologies.
I can say, I am certainly excited about the future of StudyBlue.
Ben Jedd
Chief Communications Officer
ben@studyblue.com
Tags: Academic Network, Education, Flascards, Notes, StudyBlue.com, Tools