Wooclap

Wooclap is a Belgian company that develops educational tools.

Wooclap
Developer(s)	Sebastien Lebbe Jonathan Alzetta
Initial release	2015
Available in	FR, EN, DE, NL, ES, IT
Type	Educational technology
Website	www.wooclap.com

History

Launched in 2015, Wooclap was founded by Jonathan Alzetta and Sébastien Lebbe, engineers from the École Polytechnique in Brussels.^{[citation needed]} Initially self-funded, the company raised €350,000 in 2017 to support its development.^[1]

In January 2019, Wooclap received the "Innovative Starters" distinction from Innoviris, an institute for promoting scientific research and innovation in Brussels.^[1]

Later in 2019, the company raised an additional €1.4 million.^[2][3]

In 2021, Wooclap was named Scale-Up of the Year by La Libre.^[4]

By December of 2021, Wooclap had reached 1 million users, primarily consisting of teachers and trainers.^[5] In 2023, Wooclap integrated artificial intelligence features, which can be used to create various questions and polls.^{[citation needed]}

Research

Since its launch in 2015, Wooclap has been studied by researchers for its effectiveness.^[6][7][8][9]

Lille University study

In a 2019 study, Lille University examined the effectiveness of Wooclap in medical education. The study concluded that students preferred Wooclap over traditional solutions, although it noted that Socrative, a similar tool, was similarly preferred by students. However, Wooclap was criticized for being the "most expensive" and "very limited" for its free tier. It also pointed to the fact that e-learning tools in general do not make it as easy to ask questions as a traditional lesson.^[10]