Hi, I've recently released a couchapp called The Little Library (thelittlelibrary.com<http://thelittlelibrary.com/>), as a volunteer open source project for (and with) Mission Aviation Fellowship Learning Technologies (maflt.org<http://maflt.org/>), that uses CouchDB as a platform for peer-to-peer open content learning resource sharing in locations in the world where internet access is sketchy, but Android mobiles are common. It's meant to help create learning networks for assisting in the training of pastors and leaders in extremely remote areas, but I'd love it if it were used anywhere where social learning could be assisted by technology, particularly where community development is the focus.
The Little Library is an open source application that allows users to upload, store, and share creative commons licensed content across computers and digital devices, offline and in the cloud. It was built as a peer-to-peer sharing distributed platform for storing/sharing Open Licensed content (videos, audio, books, notes, courses, and pictures) for use in educational settings around the world, where offline learning libraries and automated peer-to-peer replication of content on local area networks will hopefully help to support constructivist forms of learning and make this pedagogical model more widespread. The Little Library is built on CouchDB, JQuery, and JQuery Mobile, along with a small PHP proxy, and uses Ryan Ramage's CouchApp Takeout (https://github.com/ryanramage/couchapp-takeout) for installation. Feel free to set up an account and play with the app (http://littlelibrary.tk<http://littlelibrary.tk/>), break it, email me any suggestions, feedback on the code or complaints ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>), and fork and modify the project and/or submit any issues (https://github.com/rwadholm/The-Little-Library). Currently, the code is still big, bloated, and ugly, so any tips and help you might volunteer would be greatly appreciated (you can email me directly)! I'd also love it if the Little Library could be added to the CouchDB in the Wild page on the wiki if all possible? (http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild) Thanks! Bob Wadholm [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> bob.wadholm.com<http://bob.wadholm.com>
