goingon academic engagement network overview 2012

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Copyright 2012, GoingOn Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Campus bulletin boards covered with fliers are a quintessential symbol of academic life. Nevertheless, with the advent of today’s new mobile and social web technologies, they are destined for obsolescence, replaced by new, more advanced modes of communication. However, many institutions of higher learning have yet to upgrade their academic computing infrastructure. They remain overly reliant on static portals or course-centric Learning Management Systems (LMS) to address these new interactive modalities. The result is a proliferation of disparate systems, inefficient information flow and an inability to effectively engage today’s students. What is GoingOn? At GoingOn, our goal is to provide colleges and universities with the most advanced tools available to extend learning and student engagement beyond the confines of “the course” and encompass the broader aspects of academic success. The GoingOn Academic Engagement Network is not another Learning Management System. It is a private academic network designed to transform the way students and faculty connect, collaborate and learn. Engaging Students and Faculty in the Age of the Social Web GoingOn provides a complete platform for creating a private academic network where students and faculty can build and participate in online communities, share information through live “Facebook-like” activity streams, and curate their academic identity and connections while keeping these activities separate from their personal social networks. SM MANAGING ACADEMIC LIFE Create Communities Form Study Groups Explore Programs Access Services Find Tutors & Mentors Discover Organizations View Activity Streams Join Discussions Make Announcements Find Relevant Resources & Events Build Connections Curate Portfolios And More… GoingOn Network The Private Academic Network

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Page 1: GoingOn Academic Engagement Network Overview 2012

Copyright 2012, GoingOn Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Campus bulletin boards covered with �iers are a quintessential symbol of academic life.Nevertheless, with the advent of today’s new mobile and social web technologies, theyare destined for obsolescence, replaced by new, more advanced modes ofcommunication.

However, many institutions of higher learning have yet to upgrade their academiccomputing infrastructure. They remain overly reliant on static portals or course-centricLearning Management Systems (LMS) to address these new interactive modalities. Theresult is a proliferation of disparate systems, ine�cient information �ow and an inabilityto e�ectively engage today’s students.

What is GoingOn?

At GoingOn, our goal is to providecolleges and universities with themost advanced tools available toextend learning and studentengagement beyond the con�nes of“the course” and encompass thebroader aspects of academic success.

The GoingOn Academic EngagementNetwork is not another LearningManagement System. It is a privateacademic network designed totransform the way students andfaculty connect, collaborate andlearn.

Engaging Students and Faculty in the Age of the Social Web

GoingOn provides a complete platform for creating a private academic network wherestudents and faculty can build and participate in online communities, share informationthrough live “Facebook-like” activity streams, and curate their academic identity andconnections −while keeping these activities separate from their personal social networks.

SM

MANAGINGACADEMIC LIFE

Create Communities

Form Study Groups

Explore Programs

Access Services

Find Tutors & Mentors

Discover Organizations

View Activity Streams

Join Discussions

Make Announcements

Find Relevant Resources & Events

Build Connections

Curate Portfolios

And More…

GoingOn NetworkThe Private Academic Network

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