I’m Justin Dang, an optometry student at Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry and the developer of LearnTerms. Before optometry school, I studied computer science, with a focus on AI and human-computer interaction.
I started building LearnTerms to help with my own coursework. There were a lot of lectures to keep up with, and I wanted practice questions that followed what we were learning in class. I shared what I was making with a few classmates, and the project grew from there.
My interest in the project comes from being on both sides of it: I write the software, and I also have to sit down and study. That gives me plenty of opportunities to notice what’s confusing, what takes too many clicks, and what I actually find useful. Feedback from classmates helps me see the things I miss.
LearnTerms is meant to be one part of studying, alongside lectures, textbooks, lab, and other practice resources. I want it to help us work through questions, understand our mistakes, and go back to the course material when something hasn’t clicked yet.
I build and maintain it myself while I’m in school. If something is frustrating, a question seems off, or you have an idea, let me know. I’d like to hear it.