The avenue we’re keen to explore is the extent to which ‘public’ social networks can be used to provide additional forms of support for our home study students, who are spread across the UK (and indeed, across the world).

So as with the other apps, we support ‘find a study buddy’ functionality, ‘friends on a course’ and course comment walls.

We’re also offering support in the app for people taking OpenLearn open educational courses – http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn – so you can add an OpenLearn course unit to your profile if you want to. Again, the idea here is to help broker social networks amongst learners where physical colocation is all but ruled out, unlike the situation in trad universities where you sit in lectures with your peers.

On the topic of daily activity, if a distance learner makes use of the app once a week, then we max out at 14% daily active….

Good luck to Inigral.