Mainly pora-lekha (http://pora-lekha.com) is a collaborative study management system, but it has many other features, too.
Pora-lekha.com is founded with the idea that learning support should be universal, whether you live in a remote village or in a city. Its mission is to provide easily accessible, affordable and ethical education support for students. It connects best and brightest tutors to students: one-to-one, in a group, online or face-to-face.
All students ‘stuck’ sometimes, and working through these barriers is an essential part of learning. So if you need help understanding a concept or working through a problem, pora-lekha.com connects you to tutors and other fellow students online (and offline).
You can connect live to tutors (and fellow students) and ask questions on any subject using online typed chat, voice chat or group discussion. We connect you to both volunteer and professional tutors. A professional tutor can work through with you one-to-one, helping you understand the subject at a pace that suits you. Once you are happy and understand the problem, you can log out and continue with your studies until you need help again.
Alternatively, if you're working on an essay (or other things) but would like to get feedback on how to improve it, upload it to a professional (or volunteer) tutor any time of day or night, and they will send it back to you quickly with expert comments on how to make it better.
Features:
1. Online tutoring or face-to-face.
2. Whenever you are stuck and need help: one-to-one, in a group, online or face-to-face.
3. Upload your draft to expert tutors and get awesome feedback quickly. Upload your document any day, any time.
4. Online tutoring: available wherever you have internet access. Connect live with tutors. Get help anywhere, no travel. No appointments required, no minimum session charge - only pay for minutes you use. No commitments - cancel any time. Communicate with your tutor using typed chat: this keeps you anonymous and gives you a written transcript of the session which you can keep.
5. Offline tutoring: available from your local tutors. Pora-lekha.com takes away the hassle of finding a local private tutor.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
1. How does pora-lekha.com compare with online videos?
Ans: An online video can be useful, but isn’t personalised, and if the understanding and confidence isn’t there already, this option will not prevent struggles in study.
2. Why pora-lekha.com?
Ans: Tutors are not accessible to everyone. Price gets in the way. Your location gets in the way. Even if you need a physics tutor, how do you find a good one, in your area? The night before an exam?
With pora-lekha.com, the tutors are always a click away. We want to deliver all the benefits of tutoring, to everyone, exactly when it's needed.
2. Why pora-lekha.com offers online tutoring?
Ans: Having a private tutor come to your home has benefits for many families, but online tutoring ahs added flexibility and convenience. With online tutoring you can get help on-demand, in just minutes. Furthermore it is also great for those students who are daunted by face-to-face tutoring, because the more anonymous environment of online tutoring provides less pressure, embarrassment, or anxiety.
3. Why do students use pora-lekha.com?
Ans: When you're STUCK on a maths question. When you don't remember how to use the equation you learned in class for your Chemistry homework. When you don't know how to unpack the question to start your assignment or essay. When you keep getting the wrong answer over and over again and don't know WHY. When you're getting frustrated on a question. For a little, quick question. For something BIG and difficult. When you're wasting time on a question. When you are almost there but need a quick reminder because you're stuck on the last part. When you need feedback on your essay introduction, before handing it in. When you have asked mum for help a million times, but she's busy doing other things. When your older brother doesn't have time to help with your chemistry question. When you just know your dad will get frustrated helping with your Physics question. When you ask your friend on Facebook for maths help, but you start procrastinating and talking about other things. And millions more reasons!
5. Who are the verified tutors?
Ans: The best of the best. Our verified tutors are highest quality tutors who are university graduate on specific subjects. All our verified tutors pass extensive screening, testing, and qualification checks to be accepted into our network.