XIHA Life partners with Blue Teach to offer social learning marketplace
Dubbed XIHA Learning, members of the social network can use Paris-Based Blue Teach’s browser-based video conferencing tool to teach on any subject they choose and, optionally, charge learners a fee. Blue Teach, and presumably XIHA, will then take a share of any revenue generated. Users can also swap lessons with one another on subjects for which they have expertise so that, for example, a math tutorial could be exchanged for a singing lesson.
Given XIHA’s multilingual focus – users can select multiple languages and the site filters mixed content appropriately – language lessons are an obvious use-case for the new offering. It’s not hard to imagine a user who is proficient in two or more languages helping another user learn a new one. This potentially pits the service against other language teaching marketplaces such as Amsterdam-based Myngle or traditional language learning sites like German startup Babbel, which recently ditched its freemium model for a purely paid-for affair.