Marcel, would you mind sharing with some URL about the project so we are on the same page?
On 1/14/14, Marcel Offermans <marcel.offerm...@luminis.eu> wrote: > Hello Alex, > > Amdatu itself is not an educational platform, it is a generic cloud platform > for creating modular web applications. I would argue that modularity is a > quality that will help you build applications in general (and it's nothing > new either). PulseOn is built on top of the Amdatu project. > > I'm sure I can dig up some data about how many PulseOn deployments are > currently live, if that's what you're asking? > > Greetings, Marcel > > > On 14 Jan 2014, at 18:30 pm, Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'm involved in different local educational initiatives. I have read >> through Amdatu main concept on the web site and may humbly notice that >> teachers / educational gurus rarely consider modularity as a main >> requirement for digital education. I wonder if there is some data on >> Amdatu reception in Netherlands. >> >> On 1/14/14, Marcel Offermans <marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl> wrote: >>> I would like to propose another idea for a keynote at ApacheCon, given >>> by >>> Jurriaan Souer who works at PulseOn: >>> >>> PulseOn is a cloud based web application, built on open source >>> technologies, >>> many of which originating from Apache, that provides students with a >>> personalized, lifelong learning environment. The project was started a >>> couple of years ago with the goal to change the way we educate our >>> children. >>> The school system in The Netherlands, like in many other countries in >>> the >>> world, has not changed significantly over the last century. Children >>> still >>> go through a system that focusses on standard text books and a fixed >>> curriculum. Personal learning styles and preferences are ignored, which >>> means that we are teaching everybody in a sub-optimal way. >>> >>> With PulseOn we provide a digital environment that leverages current >>> technologies and tracks each student individually, providing them with >>> content that suits their learning style and personal goals. That means >>> that >>> basically, instead of providing standard books, we chop those up into >>> small >>> pieces of content that are assembled dynamically based on the profile of >>> the >>> individual. Furthermore, the system also contains formal and informal >>> tests, >>> that provide us with a good insight into how well the student >>> understands >>> the various pieces of information. The end result is a system with which >>> they can learn more quickly and more efficiently. >>> >>> Our mission is to maximize human potential through personalized >>> learning, >>> worldwide because we believe that education is the foundation on which >>> society is built. With PulseOn we believe we can contribute to a better >>> world, allowing each learner to become what they are and can be. >>> >>> The PulseOn platform builds on several key Apache technologies, >>> including >>> Apache Felix to create a modular back-end, Apache Wink for REST support, >>> Apache CXF and ServiceMix to connect to other enterprise applications, >>> Apache ACE for dynamic provisioning of the platform in the cloud and >>> Apache >>> Commons for various utilities. These open source technologies have all >>> been >>> consolidated in an open source platform called Amdatu. >>> >>> The keynote is not technical, but instead focusses on how this platform >>> helps improve the way we teach our children. As such I think it’s an >>> excellent example of how open source improves our daily lives. >>> >>> Jurriaan is a Product Manager at PulseOn. He has 15 years of experience >>> in >>> online product development, management, marketing and sales engineering >>> and >>> a Ph.D. in Computing and Information Sciences. >>> >>> WDYT? >>> >>> Greetings, Marcel >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, >> Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, >> http://dataved.ru/ >> +7 916 562 8095 >> >> [1] Start using Apache Openmeetings today, >> http://openmeetings.apache.org/ >> [2] Join Alexei Fedotov @linkedin, http://ru.linkedin.com/in/dataved/ >> [3] Join Alexei Fedotov @facebook, http://www.facebook.com/openmeetings > > -- -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 [1] Start using Apache Openmeetings today, http://openmeetings.apache.org/ [2] Join Alexei Fedotov @linkedin, http://ru.linkedin.com/in/dataved/ [3] Join Alexei Fedotov @facebook, http://www.facebook.com/openmeetings
