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Open edXThe Open and Flexible Courseware Platform
FSOSS 2015, Marc Lijourwith content provided by the Open edX team -and special thanks to Ned Batchelder and Joel Barciauskas for their assistance
The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.
La marque de commerce Linux® est utilisée conformément à une sous-licence de LMI, licencié exclusif de Linus Torvalds, propriétaire de la marque au niveau mondial.
Savoir-faire Linux | Marc Lijour 2
Clarifications
1 / Focus on courseware development & delivery (not a replacement for a LMS)
2 / Founded by MIT and Harvard, and now an independent non-profit
The Internet boosted collaboration and innovation, making possible Open Source, Free Software, and the digital ecosystem we enjoy today, from connected cars to mobile apps. Open edX may be the latest and most exciting Free/Libre Open Source Software project in education today. Open edX is currently used from MOOCs to massive national e-learning deployments , or in addition to a local Learning Management System (LMS).
True to the MIT culture, the Open edX team has adopted an open and collaborative approach, releasing the code under a GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) for the core platform, and an Apache license for some libraries such as XBlock (for extensions). The community is invited to use, improve, and share code and practices, to accelerate innovation.
The goal is to bring high quality education to 1 billion students!
educating 1 billion students
What is “edX” ?
● A non-profit venture● A web site: edx.org● A platform: Open edX
edX the venture
Founded by MIT and Harvard, Now have >80 members
edX goals
● Expand access to quality educationGoal: 1 billion students!
● Improve on-campus education80 members so far
● Advance research in online learningHow can we make MOOCs better and better?
http://edx.orgthe web site
Quick history
● November 2011: dev started● March 2012: first MOOC● January 2013: 20 MOOCs, 500k students● March 2014: 160 MOOCs, 2.3M students● Sept 2015: 500 MOOCs, 5M students
Open edXan open source platform
for teaching and learning to fosterinnovation in education
Open edX
● Platform underlying edx.org● Open-sourced in June 2013● Stanford: class.stanford.edu
● Want to educate people● Need tools● Let’s work together
Community Development
● LTI (Harvard +)● SSO (OpenCraft +)● OLI Hinting (OLI/Stanford)● Staff graded assignments (MIT)● Polling XBlock (McKinsey Academy)● And many more, with more on the way…
Open edX as an LTI tool provider (Harvard, UBC...)
SSO using SAML and Shibboleth (Opencraft...)
Hinting and Feedback (OLI/Stanford)
Get Involved!
● Starting point: open.edx.org● Google group: edx-code● IRC channel: #edx-code on Freenode● Twitter: @OpenEdX● GitHub: http://github.com/edx● Attend the next Open edX conference● Speak up today :-)