Tech
Musing 2 and Q4:
Chegg
is a learning platform that contributes to help students in high school and
college. It puts students first and provides service of online textbook
rentals, homework help, online tutoring, and scholarships. The creators of
Chegg noticed students’ needs and expected to reduce the level of students
concerns, such as lowing costs of education and improving learning efficiency. Student is able to share
Chegg
empowers students to take control of their education to save money. The company
rent books to students who are seeking textbooks with cheaper price, including
physical textbook and digital version. The price normally rent half the retail
price, but savings various from book to book. For instance, the textbook priced
at $240, but students can rent on Chegg at $60.
Students are able to save more than half of the original price.
Chegg
allows students to master their study efficiently. They can just post their
question on Chegg and looking for answers with explanations. For instance, if a
student doesn’t know how to solve a math problem, he can search the problem on
Chegg. Although numbers in question might be different, there are steps and
explain how to solve it. In addition, online tutoring is available on Chegg.
Students can get answers and explanation at once. Moreover, Chegg offers a
broad range of leaning materials, course solutions, and other content in
different learning styles.
Chegg
offers various free services to students, such like helping high-school
students find college. It helps students search college base on their interests
and passion. With students’ request, then Chegg send their profile to college,
including test score and GPA. In addition, Chegg contributes to search
scholarship opportunities for students that they might don’t know before.
Link:
References:
"Chegg."
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chegg#Business_model>.
“Prospectus.”
Mergent Online. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.
Comment for Question 4
ReplyDeleteI began using Chegg after freshman year. That year I spent nearly $1000 on textbooks. This is not a reasonable figure and it certainly did not make my family happy. My sophomore year when I started using Chegg, I only spent $150 on textbooks. In one year I saved a total of $850 using this service. This is a great example of how people are helping each other out using technology. Companies like Amazon are now following Chegg's example by implementing rental services of their own. Asking families who are already paying large tuition fees to pay even more for textbooks that are often not used is a fallacy. Most scholarships do not cover books so even if a financially challenged child excels in school, they have to take out student loans for books. Chegg is a very important company that uses the power of crowd sourcing book rentals to help with saving college students money.