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A New Student Blog About EduTech

Started Sep 19, 2010 0 Replies

Hi there, I posted a few weeks ago about a student-run learning platform called SmartlyEdu.Well a few days ago we launched our…Continue

Tags: learning, platform, smartlyedu, smartly, student

A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Alain Meyer Aug 10, 2010. 5 Replies

Hi there, my name's Alain Meyer, and I attend Zurich International School.A group of 3 students, including myself, are programming a learning platform to take on the likes of Moodle, Blackboard,…Continue

Tags: built, by, students, platform, learning

 

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A New Student Blog About EduTech

Hi there, I posted a few weeks ago about a student-run learning platform called SmartlyEdu.Well a few days ago we launched our blog, entirely run by students with articles about education and technology.Some of our more popular articles have been...The Evolution of How Students and Teachers Interact…See More
Sep 19, 2010
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Alain Meyer replied to Liz Ash's discussion Schools Online
"A new learning management system coming out soon is http://smartlyedu.com."
Sep 19, 2010
Alain Meyer replied to Alain Meyer's discussion A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?
"Oh trust me, student opinion shines through in this software. The entire front end is pretty much only things students actually care about and find useful. They are, after all, the people who will be using it to learn. The backend is designed in…"
Aug 10, 2010
Alain Meyer replied to Alain Meyer's discussion A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?
"Alright, if you have any more, I'm always here. I do have a question for you though, what is your reason for not wanting to use an externally hosted solution? If the software provided you with enough incentive, would you ever consider a hosted…"
Aug 10, 2010
Alain Meyer replied to Alain Meyer's discussion A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?
"1. SSL across the board, hosted on Rackspace cloud servers as well as Amazon S3. So it'll automatically scale :) 2. Our SLA is exactly the same as Amazon's: http://aws.amazon.com/s3-sla/ 3. Not worried; they're not offering the same…"
Aug 10, 2010
Alain Meyer replied to Alain Meyer's discussion A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?
"1. No, open source doesn't support the direction we want to go: we're making it an entirely hosted solution. We have certain ideas which can only be carried out on a hosted solution. As far as getting people's information is concerned…"
Aug 10, 2010
Alain Meyer replied to Alain Meyer's discussion A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?
"What language are you using? Ruby on Rails Are you making it open source? No, but it has an open (read: free) extension system. Why not contribute to an existing open source project? Because they are so far gone by now. I have an entirely new…"
Aug 10, 2010
Alain Meyer posted a discussion

A brand new learning platform built by students: what do teachers want?

Hi there, my name's Alain Meyer, and I attend Zurich International School.A group of 3 students, including myself, are programming a learning platform to take on the likes of Moodle, Blackboard, Sakai etc. Our product is coming along very well, and I wanted to get some opinions from educators as to what the most important features are to them.We're attempting to focus on ease of use; so tell me, what is most important to you in online learning systems?PS. if you're curious about our software,…See More
Aug 10, 2010
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