Is this what BYU-I needs?

I first off would like to answer my own question and say that I am open to all comments on this subject. I have been talking to a lot of people about this very same subject for a number of years now and I believe that BYU-I needs to have it's own social network that the students are required to be apart of.

We are half way there with having I-Learn. I-Learn has WIKI and Blog options that the teachers can utilize to get comments about certain topics from the students and the can hold discussion boards. I know, I know, I-Learn still has a lot of kinks that they need to work out and also is the cause of a lot of stress for the students on campus especially when it comes to taking tests, quizes and submitting homework.

I feel that if we were able to create a social network on campus this would open up so many more oportunities for students to stay connected with their classmates and be able to learn from eachother. This would also require the staff to be members of the nework so they would be more available to help out their students. The teachers would probably think that this is a terrible idea because they wouldn't want to be checking their email and get a bunch of instant messages from their students who are struggling but what would the difference be than them receiving messages by instant messages rather than emails.

I know I-Learn actually has this option already that many people (ok, the majority of the campus) don't know about. There is a way for the teacher to have a status option so when they are at their desk logged into their BYU-I account the students can see that and they can send instant messages to their teacher. So why not incorporate this and let teach the teachers how to stay up-to-date with today's intercommunications technology. I think we are about 75% of the way there to creating a social nework that actually is effective for a college student. There are just a few minor tweeks that need to be done and we would be able to be a more successfull campus. I would really like to know what everyone else has to say about this and get as many opinions on this matter. Who knows this could turn out to be a proposal that would initiate one of the biggest innovations that happen on this campus.