OERu's "Loosely Coupled" Tech Platform
Adapt quickly, scale, trust yourself, share
1. Monolithic
2. Loosely Coupled Components
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Software solutions to complex problems:
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4 Essential Freedoms of Free and Open Source (FOSS) - by Richard M Stallman 1985
1. use
2. share
3. study
4. improve
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1. retain
2. reuse
3. revise
4. remix
5. redistribute
Prof David Wiley's 5Rs of OERs 2010
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We use FOSS components like (non-proprietary) Legos® for:
1. rapid evolution, with incremental improvements
2. scalability
3. learner freedom
4. ability to share
5. self-reliance
The price tag is compelling: $0
Our goal: to make higher education affordable for all... and Internet-scale digital learning environments free for all.
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WikiEducator - versioned collaborative OER assembly (MediaWiki)
OERu Email/Planning Lists (OnlineGroups.Net) moving to an email-integrated next gen forum (Discourse)
OERu Chat - media-rich real time chat (Rocket.Chat)
Video Conferencing (Jitsi Meet)
File sharing and collaborative editing (NextCloud + Collabora Office)
Planning Kanban (Kanboard)
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Flexible course delivery platform (WordPress)
Single Sign On (WordPress OAuth Server)
Automated rule-based email marketing (Mautic)
Questionaires and Surveys (LimeSurvey)
Website Analytics (Piwik)
Link Shortener - oer.nz/icde17 (YourLS)
Social Bookmarking (Semantic Scuttle)
Website Annotation (Hypothesis)
MicroBlogging (Mastodon)
CMS Websites (Drupal, Silverstripe)
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Deployment Containers (Docker)
Relational Database (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
Smart Object Store (CouchDB, MongoDB)
Publish-Subscribe Framework (Faye)
Web Server (Apache, Nginx)
Secure Hosting Certificates (Let's Encrypt)
Platforms (NodeJS, WordPress, MediaWiki)
Email Services (Exim4, Postfix, Dovecot, KolabNow)
Server Environment (Ubuntu/Debian Linux)
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MS PowerPoint/Apple Keynote
MS Office 365/Google Apps
Adobe Creative Suite
Slack/Trello
MS Skype/Apple Facetime
Twitter/Facebook
SurveyMonkey
Medium/Blogger
BlackBoard
Reveal+Slides
NextCloud+CollaboraOffice
GIMP/Krita/Inkscape/Scribus
Rocket.Chat/Wekan/KanBoard
Jitsi Meet
Mastodon/Diaspora
Lime Surveys
WordPress
Moodle/Canvas
You've heard of these folks... because they have all your money.
The others just write good software.
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Dave Lane, Open Source Technologist
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OER Foundation 2017
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