What is NTOK?
Tutor Ninja Token («NTOK») is a
global decentralized
ecosystem for continuing education aimed at allowing
tutors and students to interact via an online platform
based on a blockchain
ecosystem for continuing education aimed at allowing
tutors and students to interact via an online platform
based on a blockchain
The current tutoring
market lacks innovation as:
— Most courses are ofine and students are forced to spend
valuable time traveling;
— Middlemen (commercial schools and study centers) take
signifcant cuts;
— Te few tutors who offer distance learning courses are
usually forced to use Skype, which is not suited for
educational purposes;
— It is hard to fnd a tutor to provide specifc support for
individual learning objectives;
— Students choose teachers on the basis of unreliable and
sometimes fake ratings.
— Most courses are ofine and students are forced to spend
valuable time traveling;
— Middlemen (commercial schools and study centers) take
signifcant cuts;
— Te few tutors who offer distance learning courses are
usually forced to use Skype, which is not suited for
educational purposes;
— It is hard to fnd a tutor to provide specifc support for
individual learning objectives;
— Students choose teachers on the basis of unreliable and
sometimes fake ratings.
The NTOK platform is aimed at solving all these
problems by developing an online tutoring ecosystem based on blockchain
technology. NTOK’s key participants are tutors and students. Other participants
include educational content and device providers who are interested
in attracting NTOK audience’s attention to their products. The main focus of the NTOK platform is on foreign languages, other popular subjects and topics, preschool education, supplementary instruction for K-12 students, as well as coding and blockchain courses. NTOK makes it possible for tutors specializing in various subjects to join the platform. After completing a series of online lessons, the student can start working with a different tutor on the same subject, or he/she can study with several tutors at the same time.
in attracting NTOK audience’s attention to their products. The main focus of the NTOK platform is on foreign languages, other popular subjects and topics, preschool education, supplementary instruction for K-12 students, as well as coding and blockchain courses. NTOK makes it possible for tutors specializing in various subjects to join the platform. After completing a series of online lessons, the student can start working with a different tutor on the same subject, or he/she can study with several tutors at the same time.
The problem with the tutoring
market
-
Most
courses are ofine with students
spending hours traveling to classes
spending hours traveling to classes
This is especially problematic for residents of
major cities, where the time spent commuting to class can take as
much as one to two hours each way. Many students spend two to three hours on the road to receive one hour of tutoring
much as one to two hours each way. Many students spend two to three hours on the road to receive one hour of tutoring
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Unbalanced
supply of tutors by courses and prices
When tutoring is performed ofine it’s difcult to
match the supply and demand for tutoring in each particular location. In
smaller cities, it can be impossible to fnd a properly qualifed tutor. Also,
the price for tutoring is higher in larger cities and lower for equally skilled
tutors from smaller cities and rural areas who are unable to teach students
in bigger cities due to geographical mobility limitations.
in bigger cities due to geographical mobility limitations.
-
Middlemen
(commercial schools and study centers) charge signifcant
markups
markups
If a school charges $20 for a lesson, the tutor
usually receives $5–8 of the total amount. Working directly with tutors and
eliminating the middlemen makes it possible to save up to 75% on the cost of a
lesson
-
Te
small percentage of tutors who do already work online are mostly forced
to teach via Skype, which is unsuited to educational purposes
to teach via Skype, which is unsuited to educational purposes
Poor quality Internet connections and a complete
lack of the necessary study infrastructure (interactive study spaces, scheduling,
payment, etc.) makes the teaching and learning process challenging for both
tutors and students
-
Students
choose teachers on the basis of unreliable ratings with some ratings being
«fake»
Most reviews that are left about tutors are
often moderated because such reviews are important marketing tools
for advertising tutoring services. Negative reviews are thus
often simply deleted from the system, with only positive
ones continuing to feature
for advertising tutoring services. Negative reviews are thus
often simply deleted from the system, with only positive
ones continuing to feature
The solution
We are developing
a decentralized peer-to-peer platform to create a global ecosystem for
continuing education, where the key participants (tutors and students) can fnd
each other. The NTOK platform is aimed at allowing NTOK tokenholders, both
tutors and students, to interact directly. One of our goals is to remove the middlemen
such as commercial schools and study
centers and to create economic benefts for the key participants in the ecosystem
centers and to create economic benefts for the key participants in the ecosystem
The central part
of the NTOK platform is the NTOK crypto-token which is used for various
purposes, including paying for lessons by students and earning income by
teachers and content providers
Tutor search
and selection
Students will be
able to search using several parameters, for example: by subject, profle,
language, price, rating, availability, etc. Students will receive a set of
profles for tutors available to teach the requested subjects for the price and
at the times specifed as part of the search.
Online
schedule for tutors and students
Students will be
able to see free slots in the teacher’s schedule as well as their own upcoming
lessons.
Direct
payment to tutors using crypto tokens on the Ethereum blockchain
Te students will
know that they are paying the tutor directly, without paying a signifcant
markup to a middleman
Interactive
study area
Participants will
enjoy audio and video connection with better quality than Skype, chat, fle
sharing, interactive
whiteboard, and also beneft from an interactive testing system offering unique types of exercises for each subject category
whiteboard, and also beneft from an interactive testing system offering unique types of exercises for each subject category
Rating
system based on a blockchain
Only those students
who have attended a lesson with a tutor can leave feedback on that tutor. It is
technically impossible for anyone except the student to create, moderate, or
delete any feedback. Tis guarantees that ratings are based exclusively on real
experiences and are as reliable as possible. Te tutor’s overal rating will be alculated
based on a large number of parameters, including: an average rating for the
previous 30 days (so that
tutors who have received a large number of positive reviews over a prolonged period will not drop in ranking too much due to one bad review), a rating for the tutor’s course materials, and a rating for video lessons that the tutor has recorded. The students will be able to see and post these ratings separately
tutors who have received a large number of positive reviews over a prolonged period will not drop in ranking too much due to one bad review), a rating for the tutor’s course materials, and a rating for video lessons that the tutor has recorded. The students will be able to see and post these ratings separately
Video
lessons
Tutors will have
the ability to record video lessons (both free and paid) that any student can
use. Students will be able to post separate ratings for video lessons. Video
lessons will be organized according to the following parameters: subject,
profle, language, price/free, number of views, rating. Video lessons will
provide students
with greater access to learning content and also allow tutors an additional marketing opportunity within the ecosystem and an additional chance to earn NTOK tokens
with greater access to learning content and also allow tutors an additional marketing opportunity within the ecosystem and an additional chance to earn NTOK tokens
Token Distribution
MORE INFORMATION :
Website: https://ntok.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/G3Iy0EM_oQWRBf9AX7620Q and https://t.me/joinchat/G3Iy0BBuVQjiJy9mYYORug
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/NTOK-768633626671135/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ntok_io
Whitepaper : https://ntok.io/NTOK%20White%20Paper.pdf
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My Bitcointalk account : jagadlangit
My ETH address : 0xA2BFa48A6AfEFaBF498B6541f609E6cef4700D91
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