Idea submitted by Jeremiah Alexander of Ideonic
Social Study is an online application that pulls together information about learning opportunities, resources for group study and details about local activities; but most importantly, it connects people with similar interests, empowering them to take control over their learning while increasing motivation through an engaging visual interface.
Social Study will be developed as a Facebook application with the potential for a location aware iPhone/mobile version. Using Social Study users will input a summary of what they are currently studying or interested in studying. This information along with their social network data is used to create a virtual mapping of the available opportunities for them to learn in their location; it also provides suggestions for new courses they may be interested in and potential study partners based on their shared interests with other users.
By using Facebook Social Study can collate feedback and prioritise learning options based upon the recommendations of trusted friends or people with the most similar interests. Social Study can also increase motivation to study by making the organisation of it playful, for example, high score tables of the most active or diverse interest learners.
An exciting prospects for Social Study is the ability for people to form clusters of learners interested in an unavailable subject and take action to create new learning arrangements. These clusters can be provided access to the necessary information and resources to facilitate them in organise a new opportunity or forming a self study network, for example, a large enough cluster of people in Middlesbrough interested in learning Japanese may source an instructor in Newcastle to setup weekly classes .
Social Study is about connecting users with learning opportunities and likeminded people and providing them with the tools they need to make the best choices.
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