Socratic.org

Socratic
Type of site
 App, website
Created by Chris Pedregal, Shreyans Bhansali
Slogan(s) Make learning easier
Website socratic.org
Alexa rank 26,794 worldwide, 4,702 in the U.S.
Users 11 million (estimated)[1]
Launched 2013

Socratic, or Socratic.org, is an education tech company that offers a mobile app for students.It is a non-profit organization.The app uses AI technology to help students with their homework by providing educational resources like videos, definitions, Q&A, and more.[2] Socratic’s stated mission is to Make Learning Easier.

Socratic was first launched as a web product in 2013 by Chris Pedregal and Shreyans Bhansali, in New York City, United States. They launched their app under the same name in 2016.[3]

Technology

The Socratic app utilizes AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to accurately predict which concepts will help a student solve their question. Over months, millions of real student questions were analyzed and classified. Then the app uses that data to guess on future questions and provide specific education content.[4] [5]

Socratic draft[6]

The app works by letting students take a photo of a homework question.[7] Using OCR (Optical Character Recognition), the app is able to read their photo and classify it using the technology described above. Students receive various “cards” in the app with different learning resources such as definitions, Youtube videos, Q&A, and original content and illustrations written by the Socratic.org web community.[8]

A typical Socratic.org profile

Subjects

There are in total 4 main groups of subjects on Socratic.org which have sub-branches included:[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Socratic". Socratic.org.
  2. ↑ Bhansali, Shreyans (2016-07-14). "Making learning way easier — Introducing the Socratic app". Building Socratic. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Socratic | crunchbase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Socratic Application Allows Students To Post Homework Questions, Get Answers". The Daily Nexus. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  5. ↑ "Socratic Used Extensive User Testing to Build Powerful Free "Digital Tutor" App — Emerging Education Technologies". www.emergingedtech.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  6. ↑ "How did Socratic start?". Socratic.org.
  7. ↑ "How to Make Learning Easier than Cheating (EdSurge News)". EdSurge. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  8. ↑ Bhansali, Shreyans (2016-07-14). "Making learning way easier — Introducing the Socratic app". Building Socratic. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

Further reading

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