Open-Source

CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Leadership Initiative

December 16, 2006

CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Leadership Initiative. ‘The CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Leadership Initiative is sponsored by Apple, IBM and the Wm. & Flora Hewlett Foundation to support the adoption and utilization of open technologies in K-12 education around the world. Open source software, open standards and open hardware are poised to make a profound impact [...]

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Schools + Web 2.0 + Open Technologies = Education 2.0

December 15, 2006

Education 2.0: The next evolution of school software has arrived: Emergence of open technologies and open-source alternatives makes customizing school software a reality. ‘Aiming to customize their solutions to meet the individual needs of teachers and students, a growing number of school systems are ushering in a new breed of school software that relies on [...]

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RELOAD Project

December 15, 2006

RELOAD – Reusable eLearning Object Authoring & Delivery. ‘RELOAD is a project funded under the JISC Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L). The project focuses on the development of tools that are based on emerging learning technology interoperability specifications. The primary aims of this project are to: a) facilitate the creation, sharing and reuse of learning [...]

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eXe: eLearning XHTML editor

November 24, 2006

eXe: eLearning XHTML editor. ‘The eXe project is developing a freely available authoring application to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. eXe can export content as self-contained web pages or as SCORM 1.2 or IMS Content Packages. The eXe project [...]

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Second Life + Moodle = SLoodle

November 6, 2006

Sloodle – 3D Learning Management System. ‘SLoodle (Second Life Object-Oriented Distributed Learning Environment) is a project to integrate the VLE platform Moodle with the 3D world of Second Life. Imagine a Moodle course that, if you wanted, could turn into a proper 3D interactive classroom with all your Moodle resources available to your students in [...]

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Elluminate Live! and Moodle Integration

November 5, 2006

Elluminate and US/Canadian Moodle Partners Announce Integration Between Elluminate Live! and Moodle. ‘Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, and Moodle partners Remote-Learner.net and Open Knowledge Technologies announced today an integration of Elluminate Live!® with Moodle, a free, open-source course management system. Both organizations will also [...]

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AVOIR and KEWL.NextGen

November 2, 2006

African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR). ‘The AVOIR project is an effort to unify software developers, educational specialists and others in Africa to build capacity to produce educational software while at the same time building software design, development, and support capacity in the higher education sector. AVOIR is a network of 13 nodes. The [...]

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Drupal in Education – DrupalED

October 1, 2006

DrupalED – Drupal distributions for education. ‘From first post: What is DrupalED? DrupalED is a distribution that combines core Drupal.org with a selection of modules optimized for use in educational settings. These range from K-12 to University, as well as per-class, per-department, and per-institution scenarios. It is free, open source, libre, and available for you. [...]

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