Hello Alex, Of course. Not all of the information is already available in english, but here you go:
http://www.pulseon.nl/site/en/ If you want to see the application in action, the following (dutch) screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzm_Ow9XL5Y In theory, you can turn on captions and translate them, but you end up with some funny english sentences that way. :) And here are some (somewhat older) slides about it: http://www.slideshare.net/__hansb__/adaptive-recommended-learning-april-2012 Greetings, Marcel On 14 Jan 2014, at 19:48 pm, Alexei Fedotov <alexei.fedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
