Due to the pandemic, Gen Z had to study online at home. However, consistently staring at the screen can be demotivating for anyone. Studying online comes with certain challenges. These challenges appear in the form of lack of discipline, no motivation, procrastination, and much more. All of that leads to a decrease in productivity.

Therefore, we designed a cross-application platform for online study, in order to give Gen Z a more active and engaged role in their online self-study experience. According to GenZ's learning preferences — to be social and interactive, we reinforce the attributes of community, sharing and redistribution of learning resources.

Gen Z likes to be social and interactive, so we looked at the emerging online study room as a potential opportunity to optimize the study room experience at first. We used quantitative research to collect their self-study habits and preference, hoping to get reliable data to support our idea.

However, to our surprise, the research results were very different from what we had envisioned...

Students subjectively prefer offline study because online study lacks discipline and companionship, so online study rooms are not a good entry point and not very commercially viable. Thus we decided to focus on the users themselves. To explore and find their needs and pain points.