This document discusses using social media and collaboration tools to remove barriers to distance learning. It describes building learning environments that are open, collaborative and familiar to enhance the learner experience. Key benefits include improving communication methods, overcoming outdated approaches, and allowing learners to access experts anytime anywhere. The discussed platform aims to provide quick expert interaction, develop extensive knowledge bases, and utilize available technology to its fullest potential in medical education.

1. Removing
the
Distance
from
Distance
Learning
Removing the Distance from Distance Learning
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2.
Technologies
Social Collaboration Tools, Connected
Learning Environments and Analytics

3. • Built from the perspective of the the
course developers "
• Breaks down all barriers to the free flow
of information and communication"
• Continuing Medical Communication
Centers of Excellence

4. Learning Community
Social interactivity for sharing
knowledge and resources to
enhance the learner’s experience
through an environment that is
open, collaborative and familiar

5. Social Classroom
A seamless extension of the
social environment, enabling
features such as video-based
courses, remote meetings,
streaming cases, etc.
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Access coursework,
presentations, videos, chats,
calendars, etc. online and
through mobile

6. Why does this matter…
• Improves conventional methods of communication
• Overcomes expired methods to stay current in specialty
• Remove the “practicing in a vacuum” scenario. (e.g., don't know
what my colleagues outside of my immediate area are doing).
• Enables attendance to online and on-demand conferences
• Provides access to experts in certain procedures or topics
• Enables surgeons to learn by best practices anytime/anywhere
• Removes barriers for resident access to non-structured learning

7. Platform Benefits for UW – Medical
• Quick interaction with experts
• Develop a rich network to consult with on hard cases
• Learn from other surgeon's cases
• Develop an extensive knowledge base derived from best practices
and expert opinion
• Prestige for institution
• Stay on the cutting edge of education, technology
• Utilize available technology to fullest potential

8. What We’re Delivering
• Transformative technology solutions that learn with the
organization
• Agile platforms that allow for cost effective and rapid
deployment"
• The next evolution in social learning tools

9. Technology Integrations
• Any aspect of the IQ platform can be produced as an embedded component
within a 3rd party site or application
• Activity stream follows JSON / XML social stream standards 1.0
• REST API for URL data post and retrieval
• JavaScript API for social components and plugins
• Supports Oauth 2.0
• Supports Open Graph | Open Social Protocols

10. iQ Technologies "
www.iq-technologies.com"
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