Open Source

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Open Source

Using an Open-Source Platform to Meet Online Learning Goals: An Introduction to Class2Go

April 3, 2013 | A session at the ELI Online Spring Focus Session: Learning and the MOOC

As universities dive deeper into online learning and MOOCs, what role can a platform play in meeting online learning goals? At Stanford, we discovered that developing and using the Class2Go open-so…

Expertiza: Scalable Reviewing for Student-Authored Content

September 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session

When multiple authors-especially student authors-collaborate to write a single work, quality control is very important. The instructor/editor rarely has time enough to review each contribution mu…

Reconsidering the Learning Management System - Furniture provided by Herman Miller, An EDUCAUSE Silver Partner

February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

From Community Source to Open Data: Leveraging the Sakai Community to Make Better Decisions Steven Lonn, Research Fellow, University of Michigan Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS, Universi…

F-LECCS: Open Platform for Virtual Learning Environments (Institutional Scope)

February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

F-LECCS is a project supported by Japanese government. Fukui's seven higher educational institutions began cooperating with each other in order to build "one virtual university environmen…

A New Solution for Creating Versatile Learning Environments: MyUOC (Learning Technology)

January 21, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

MyUOC is the new open-source online learning environment from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) that has been designed to allow users to build their own learning environment according to their…

Video47: The Design and Implementation of an Open-Source Video-on-Demand System at Pomona College (Learning Technology)

January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

For a number of years Pomona College used a proprietary video-on-demand product to deliver academic video content over the web. After some evaluation, Pomona came to the conclusion that it could do…

The World Is Open: Now, WE ALL LEARN with Web Technology

January 21, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

In his book, The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education , Curt Bonk offers an intriguing look at 10 technology trends that he calls educational openers. When combined, th…

F-LECCS: A Virtual University Environment for Learning Communities (Innovative Practice)

January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

F-LECCS is the leading project supported by Japanese government. Fukui's six higher educational institutions started to cooperate with each other in order to build a virtual university environ…

Moodle: Taming the Wild Wild Web 2.0 (Learning Technology)

January 28, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008

Moodle, an open source course management software, is not only a tool for communication and reflection but also a virtual learning object. Explore how students in an information-literacy course res…

How to Select and Deploy Learning Technology

March 9, 2005 | A session at the NLII 2005 Spring Focus Session

Goal: Develop realistic expectations for the selection and implementation of learning technologies through case studies (iPod use and Connexions). Participants should add or refine their chec…