SchoolGenes - The Course Development Platform, Portal & Online Teaching Hub of the Hannaian Research Institute
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Innovative & Inclusive Education - Bringing Together The Best In Education The Best Students, Faculty, Institutions & Courses
The Smartest Students Meet At SchoolGenes.com
SchoolGenes.com is a meeting place and forum for innovators in education, sharing ideas and strategies to improve education productivity and delivery. It is also the Course Development Portal & Online Teaching Center of the Hannaian Research Institute (HRI). See more about HRI and SchoolGenes.com Online Academic Programs.
SchoolGenes.com is also a general resource center for academic course development and provides college administrators, faculty and students from any institution an interactive meeting place to compare & discuss, access, and resolve, academic policy, legal and other issues.
As a specially designed HRI Education Resource Center, Internet Hub and community network site, SchoolGenes.com is a totally free and unique service to the academic and corporate training communities. It allows school administrations, faculty, students, school news personnel, school organizations, corporations, businesses and their leaders to create your own self controlled special interactive web space to showcase your programs, organization, news, accomplishments, interests and issues.
The platform supports school activity from Elementary to College programs and organizations in an interactive community based collaborative environment.
You may even use the facilities to market and advertise your education and school related projects and activities.
You may use the various facilities of the SchoolGenes Hub either as an individual, or to create and/or participate in Groups which showcase your activity, and/or your School's activities. Your own showcase and interactive web space on SchoolGenes.com will allow facilitation of yours and your School’s interests, news and related endeavors, and collaboration between Schools and within Schools.
The Hannaian Open University (HOU) program allows any teacher, institution, organization, school, church, corporation or other entity to utilize the SchoolGenes platform and facilities to deliver their course, mini-course, class, presentation, or training program online to a group of students or audience. In other words anyone can have their own online classroom on SchoolGenes.com under Hannaian Open University.
In addition, you may use special groups like the "Issues In Education Group" to interact with other users of SchoolGenes about any Educational issue you desire.
School and College Administrators should pay special attention to HRI's Articulation Partnership Program which is designed to attract student enrollment and registration to HRI Articulation Partnered Institutions. HRI's state of the art direct marketing program to students is designed to attract top students to its exceptional array of specialized online courses and enroll them in HRI's Articulated Partner Institutions.
Members in the interactive and collaborative environment of SCHOOLGENES.COM have facilitated access to the research and knowledgebase of The Hannaian Research Institute, and to some of the best minds and researchers in the field of Education Productivity. SchoolGenes.com is a Web Hub of the Hannaian Media Network. All Hubs within the Media Network operate and function similarly, and provide users with the ability to showcase and update their own web platform while interacting and collaborating with other Network users. Google Chrome or FireFox are the preferred browsers to use with this site, since some advanced features may not work fully with all of the various versions of Internet explorer.
“The Hannaian Difference” in Education
The Hannaian Student Matching System (HSMS)
Before being admitted to take an HRI course, a student must provide certain particulars about their education and experience whereupon if deemed adequate they will be admitted to enroll in the standard course.
Once enrolled the first quarter of each course is a probationary period wherein the students’ performance in related course work is judged as to their ability to stay current and competitive with the general body of the class. The Instructor shall at the end of the first quarter provide full enrollment privileges only to those students deemed capable of being competitive with the general body of students in the course. Those students not granted full enrollment will be offered the ability to take the standard course the next semester if they complete required remedial work as identified by the Instructor.
Hannaian Open University (HOU)
Teach Your Class Online, It's Free! Hannaian Open University (HOU) allows any teacher, institution, organization, school, church, corporation or other entity to utilize the SchoolGenes platform and facilities to deliver their course, mini-course, class, presentation, or training program online to a group of students or audience. In other words, anyone can have their own online classroom on SchoolGenes.com under Hannaian Open University. HOU is the Hannaian Research Institute's commitment to promoting education and learning in recognition of the United Nations campaign for International Technology Transfer designed to assist developing communities and countries. Parties utilizing the Hannaian Open University may utilize the full facilities of SchoolGenes.com free of charge so long as they follow the applicable HOU terms and guidelines.
HOU services are available entirely free to a wide variety of individuals or entities for teaching and training activities such as college courses & study groups, high school, middle, and elementary school courses and tutorials, sunday school classes, bible study groups, small company employee training sessions, coroporate and professional training, continuing education, community education, day care schooling, home schooling, and more. The SchoolGenes platform is extremely flexible and interactive and Users of HOU can design their course, class, or training program in any format they choose.
Registrants utilizing HOU to teach or train a group online must consult with HOU administration if they intend to charge fees to the students or trainees. Generally this is prohibited unless specifically arranged with HOU administration. Users of the free HOU facilities will be summarily banned if they do not follow the terms and guidelines for such use.
Bands of Excellence
The Smartest Students Meet At SchoolGenes.com and are eligible upon invitation to participate in the various Bands of Excellence within SchoolGenes. HRI Bands of Excellence are unique in that they are designed to facilitate "Student Banding" into honor society type academic clubs based on areas of subject matter and discipline. These Bands afford top students, faculty and experts in the respective subject matter special opportunities to meet, share, discuss, explore and report on important issues within the discipline. "Bands of Excellence" foster academic excellence and scholarship. Membership in a Band of Excellence can only be accomplished by invitation. Any member of a Band of Excellence may invite a deserving SchoolGenes member who they feel possesses the requisite academic skills to be a contributing asset to the respective Band. Standard HRI Bands of Excellence within SchoolGenes include, Math, Basic Sciences, Humanities, History, Health Sciences, Engineering, Music, Performing Arts, Religion, Law and others. Registrants may also establish their own "Band of Excellence" to band or bring together top students and experts to promote excellence and scholarship in a particular area of learning and academic interest.
Why Students, Academic Teaching Institutions, & Corporations Should Utilize SchoolGenes.com
Set Up Information - How To Use SchoolGenes
SchoolGenes utilizes constantly updated, comprehensive, state of the art, community media internet architecture, providing a fully interactive, intergrated and collaborative system for online teaching and learning. It is structured to allow registrants to have a personal website and platform which can contain various types of information. Also, each registrant can establish and participate in any number of Groups which can also contain similar types of information as the personal web platform. The Personal Platform and each Group within the personal platform can contain various functions and sections including Pages, Blogs, Files, Bookmarks, An Event Planner & Calender, Photo Albums, Videos, Audio Player, Message Board, Polls and more. Access to these Personal or Group Platform sections and functions can be controlled fully by the Registrant and/or Group owner. In addition, there are site wide functions such as The Wire, Chat Room, A Market Place and more. Members can interact with each other and within the groups in several ways, making the community a fully interactive and collaborative community perfect for online educational purposes.
Members should register using their full name as their "Display Name" and an abreviated name as their "User Name". The "User Name" must be at least 4 letters with no numbers or symbols and without any spaces. The display name allows your website platform to be recognized, found, and searched for more easily on the hub. The abbreviated user name allows for an shorter URL address if you want to have a shorter more user friendly URL to give others to find your website platform.
After registering on SchooGenes members should next complete and setup their Profile Page, and then their Dashboard which allows them to personalize their SchoolGenes Platform to their particular needs. The Dashboard is the member's personal control panel allowing quick easy access to your areas of interest when using SchoolGenes. SchoolGenes is an Internet Hub containing a tremendous amout of information and dynamically generated websites, and it is most important to setup your Dashboard in order to effectively utilize the massive amount of information and functions available. Please setup your SchoolGenes Profile and Dashboard as soon as you can to facilitate your working in SchoolGenes. The Profile and Dashboard sections are accessed from the top Menu Bar at the top of the screen in SchoolGenes. The Main Menu which sits on the level below the top Menu Bar contains links to general functions on the Hub. The Profile and Dashboard sections are easily setup and configured to the member's needs by adding widgets and then dragging the widgets to desired positions on the page.
After registering at SchoolGenes.com and setting up their Profile and Dashboard sections, student members may register for a course by requesting to join the Group conducting the course. Also directly under their Personal Profile platform, students may establish study, research, and other groups to enhance their educational, interactive, and collaborative activity for each course they are enrolled in, or for any other educational purpose. Registrants may also be invited to one of the standard "HRI Bands of Excellence" or establish their own "Band of Excellence" to band or bring together top students and experts to promote excellence and scholarship in a particular area of learning and academic interest.
HRI Course Instructors, Hannaian Open University Instructors, Institutions, Corporations, Businesses and other entities utilizing SchoolGenes to develop and teach courses, classes, and training sessions can utilize the various sections of the Group platform to deliver various aspects of the Course.
PAGES (Personal or Group)
The Pages section is generally used to hold written content for the different modules of the Course, The first part of this content is usually the Syllabus or Course outline which should provide a profile of the Course with hyperlinks to the various modules which should be contained in their own page(s).
BLOG(S) (Personal or Groups)
Registrants, Group Owners or Operators can establish a Blog to continually update students and followers during the tenure of the Course.
FILE(S) (Personal or Groups)
The File section is used to upload files needed for instruction in the Course.
BOOKMARK(S) (Personal or Groups)
Bookmarks is used to bookmark various websites and material on the Internet that will be used for educational content or reference within the Course.
PHOTO ALBUMS, VIDEOS, AND AUDIO (Personal or Groups)
Photo Albums, Videos, and Audio content are used to facilitate the delivery of the Course as needed.
EVENT PLANNER & CALENDER (Personal or Groups)
The Event Calendar & Planner is used to schedule personal online sessions by the Instructor, or scheduling the times of instruction modules, testing, conferences etc.
MESSAGE BOARD (Personal or Groups)
The Message Board is used to provide discussion between students and between students and the instructor(s).
POLLS (Personal or Groups)
The Polling function can be used to poll the students within a Course on various matters that enhances the interactivity and collaboration within the Course and Educational Hub.
HUB & SITE WIDE FUNCTIONS
The Site wide functions such as The Wire, Market Place, and Chat Rooms provide further interactivity and collaboration within the Course and Educational Hub.
Course Registration & Prerequisite Requirements
Each Course has its own registration and admission requirements and Students should visit the Course/Group Listings and Course Bulletin Board for each Course to determine these requirements. Generally before being admitted to take an HRI course, a student must provide certain particulars about their education and experience whereupon if deemed adequate they will be admitted to enroll in the standard course. The general process begins with completing both the profile and portfolio forms which can be accessed by visiting the member's profile section by clicking on the member's portfolio avatar in the top menu bar at the top left corner of the most SchoolGenes screens.
Once enrolled the first quarter of each course is a probationary period wherein the students’ performance in related course work is judged as to their ability to stay current and competitive with the general body of the class. The Instructor shall at the end of the first quarter provide full enrollment privileges only to those students deemed capable of being competitive with the general body of students in the course. Those students not granted full enrollment will be offered the ability to take the standard course the next semester if they complete required remedial work as identified by the Instructor.