I know at this stage, it is very basic. But if this thing can take off well, I am thinking of upgrading the platform.

If anyone feels like giving feedbacks, you are more than welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Mitigating the confusion surrounding “Social Learning” — Article by Frank Ganis

Foreword –
It is our hope that by leveraging socially based technologies the education industry can shape a new educational technology paradigm that realizes the promises of true “Social Learning”.By understanding its applications we can create a unique opportunity to improve student engagement, student retention, academic success and overall educational outcomes. – Stephen Gilfus, Gilfus Education Group

“Social Learning” Buzz Masks Deeper Dimensions

You state that no one will share their vocabulary lists with others. Well I would for instance.

You can ask the same question about Wikipedia sites – who on earth wants to spent time to help other people to understand a subject. Well luckily lots of people are willing to share their knowledge with others, and this has resulted in lots and lots of nicely organised data about everything between heaven and earth on the internet.
I think the same concept of give-take is true for the Iknow site.

I’m happy for you that you have your own great ideas – but unfortunately Iknow got there first, and I don’t see any long articles about your ideas.
The point is not who has the ideas, but rather who implements them into a usable product!

1) People do not share learning lists with strangers. A learning list is a personal tool built by and for his creator. Who on earth shares his English list with a friend?

2) They say that it is free. Free of financial charge, right. But not free of advertising noise.
Who on earth will bother looking at ads while being busy with the very intellectual process of working and learning something?

3) About the “SNS” aspect.
When learning a foreign language, the only “SNS” aspect that I see is the following: being able to interact with native speakers of the language that you learn in order to ask them questions on their language. But even that is quickly boring for the native speaker.
So learning foreign languages does not imply “SNS” at all.

4) About the learning “algorithms”…
Where are they? I do not see them in action at all.
Oh, you were talking about this repetitive, robotic and annoying flash platform that makes you choose answers in the multiple choice question session?

No, all that is flawed and iknow! had better reflect deeply on how to take advantage of what the Web truly means, in order to redefine its product from A to Z. I have my ideas and I think they are much better.

BTW, if you’re looking for another platform to teach classes on that’s similar similar to wiziq, please feel free to check out out: http://www.edufire.com

Not sure if TechCrunch has profiled them as yet.

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No longer is learning force fed and scattered over the web. We can now go to web sites that are learner centric where anyone can teach and share their knowledge and skills.

It is just like in a school. Students learn better by being engaged, involved and contributing in classes with their teacher. The teacher becomes a facilitator not the sole source of information. It is cool to see this sort of environment translate to the web.

I am from http://www.clivir.com. Clivir is an informal learning community where you can be both teacher and student. We think the best way to learn is to teach.