Hi Matthew, Have you looked at Mahara : http://mahara.org/
I don't use it, but it might be for you Quote from their site Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning 'think' or 'thought' in Te Reo Māori, is user centred environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities. End of Quote William ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Jadud [[email protected]] Sent: 15 April 2010 19:25 To: Asheesh Laroia Cc: tos Subject: Re: [TOS] Summer efforts (was: Re: Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log) Hi Asheesh, On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:39, Asheesh Laroia <[email protected]> wrote: > We'll have a programmatic backend for checking students' work. Are you developing this for a specific course or instructor? If not, then you might discover you're solving a problem no one has. (Put another way, if you're writing an educational app that doesn't solve at least one instructor's specific problems, then it might not solve anyone's problems.) I spent some time talking to Mel about an idea in this space while she was here, and I haven't had time to write this up. Really, what I want is a "portfolio engine" or "portfolio aggregator." It would serve as an uber-aggregator, where I could capture all of my FLOSS interactions (wiki edits, blog posts, IRC conversations, mailing list interactions) with minimal effort. This way, as a student working in FLOSS, my instructor can easily see what I've been doing. This naturally ties into various "dashboard" concepts that have been discussed before. Put simply, I want a way for 1. students to easily (minimal/no overhead) have a log of their open contributions, and 2. faculty to easily be able to see what they've done for making sure they're engaging/prodding if they need help. It might solve problems for others as well, but first and foremost, I'm interested in developing this so that I can bring students into a community, do an interesting project with them for 10 weeks, and come back out with a rich set of logs that can easily be used by the students and faculty for reflection---without the students having to manage it all themselves. As an example: zodbot, while a very nice fellow, does not cut it---the student and faculty member have to do too much work to get the log and to find it later. I can write this up in a wikispace if you'd like me to; I was planning on writing it up and putting a prototype together after classes ended, but I can sketch it out sooner rather than later if there is interest. Cheers, Matt _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos "This e-mail is subject to our Disclaimer, to view click http://www.dut.ac.za"; _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
