Often students enrolled in any class, from any institution, will look for guidance from others, preferably expertise. Students will seek out professional tutors when looking for academic help, but that can be expensive. Students exploring music may need to seek off campus to find a musician to help them practice. Others may need help navigating around an online course and setting up a program, in which they would need to find a computer technician. Many students feel that they need to find these specialists separately, and may spend hundreds of dollars doing so. However, a college institution is full of thousands of intuitive teachers, specialists, and experts. Some of these people may in fact be the same students that walk the campus. Why not look to student peers, whom are attending the very same institution as those looking for help, to be the experts? By allowing students to teach other students, universities can easily create an environment in which there is a strong sense of community. Students can feel comfortable in confiding in teachers and students from the same school, and will want to give back to their school. In addition, students will be able to learn immensely from teaching others, and can further their own knowledge of the subject. What many institutions need to realize is that their population of students all have their own special knowledge of something different, and have expertise to share with others.
iQ technologies has created a community in which students can rely on one platform to search for help. Students can refer to one page, where hundreds of student and faculty expertise will post what knowledge they have to offer. iQ technologies has created an entirely original engine for students, and offers the following features:
-Community generated experts for topics
-Administrator assigned experts for topics
-Integration of expertise, questions, and answers within user profile.
Expand your contacts in the community and your knowledge of relevant academic events by
letting the recommendation engine direct you to the connections and content tailored to your
interests. Use the expertise that surrounds you, build a community.