About OpenLearn
Learning shouldn't depend on where you live
OpenLearn is a free app for learning at your own pace. Anyone, anywhere can learn to code with an AI tutor and practise spoken English with an AI partner, and parents can set up kids mode for children aged 7 to 13. Students in Sri Lanka can also sit past papers from their national exams. It runs in any browser and reads in English, Sinhala, Tamil or Bahasa Indonesia.
Who makes OpenLearn
A small team at Ayitrix, in Sri Lanka. We started with Sri Lanka's national exams, then added coding and spoken English for learners anywhere. When you message us, a person on the team replies.
What is on OpenLearn today
- 4 past papers you can sit against a timer
- Four coding courses, in Python, Java, HTML & CSS and React, with exercises that check themselves
- Spoken English: ten everyday situations at three levels, with an AI partner
- Kids mode: English lessons for children aged 7 to 13, set up by a parent
These figures are read from the app's catalogue every day, so they are always current.
What it costs
Nothing. Every coding course, conversation and past paper is open to everyone, there is no card on any account, and there are no ads.
In your language
The app's menus, buttons and messages are in English, Sinhala, Tamil and Bahasa Indonesia, and you can switch at any time.
Talk to us
WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach the team, and a person replies.
OpenLearn and a class
How it compares with waiting for a class
A good class or course is worth a lot. Here is an honest look at what OpenLearn does differently, and what it does not do.
| OpenLearn | A class | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | A course or class fee |
| When you can start | Tonight | When the next term or intake begins |
| Where | Any phone or laptop, anywhere | A classroom you travel to, or a fixed online slot |
| Pace | Your own. Repeat a lesson or skip ahead | The class's pace |
| Stuck at midnight | Ask the AI tutor, with 30 free credits a day | Wait for the next class |
| Asking a teacher face to face | No. Message us on WhatsApp | Yes |
You don't have to choose: keep a class for the teacher in the room, and use OpenLearn on the nights in between.