Elastico (www.elastico.co) is a young training company focused on the organization and implementation of IT and Project Management courses. Our approach is mainly based on three pillars: quality, openness and collaboration and we try to put them in every project and course which we deliver. In this context, we thought to support the traditional face-to-face classes with a web platform which could encourage users participation and engagement and finally we chose OpenEdX. OpenEdX is an open source, Django-based (mostly), extendable learning platform designed by the M.I.T. and the Hardvard University, that companies, institutions or educators can host and offer their own classes through. The platform has been deployed thanks to Abstract (http://abstract-technology.com/), official Open edX service provider, that is supporting Elastico in this innovative path. In this talk we present through the Elastico’s case study the OpenEdX architecture, its features and strong points.

1. Building a learning
community with
OpenedX
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2. Hello!
Alessandro Martellone
Senior Software Engineer@Wurth
Phoenix
Technical Advisor@Elastico
Trentino Cloud Computing Meetup
Organizer
Davide Corio
Project Manager@Abstract
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3. About us
Elastico is...
Flexible solutions for training
Open source technology
Best practices & contents quality
Innovative methods
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4. Our goals
Elastico wants...
● Giving people free contents available through an open source learning
management system;
● Using and sharing the contents under creative commons licences;
● Having the opportunity to reuse the contents and co-create new with users
in a wiki page.
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5. How to make it
Elastico path...
1. a CUSTOM solution?
PRO: a company asset = total control on the platform
CON: costs and time to market
2. a COMMUNITY DRIVEN solution?
PRO: a “state of the art” product and community support (MIT,Harvard Uni)
CON: new releases management
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6. Why?
Elastico for a COMMUNITY DRIVEN solution
...MOODLE vs OPENedX
built for traditional online classrooms / built as the WordPress for MOOC
platforms
the platform is over 10 years old /released as open source in March 2013
configuration options and system performance suffers /a modern, flexible,
robust course-management platform
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An open collaborative learning platform
http://www.academy.elastico.c
o
● Platform
● Contents
● Collaborative tools
● Elastico COMMUNITY

8. ● EdX is a nonprofit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and
MIT and composed of dozens of leading global institutions, the xConsortium.
EdX offers interactive online courses and MOOCs from the world’s best
universities and institutions.
● Open edX is the open source platform that powers edX courses.
Open Courseware Development
Platform
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9. OpenedX architecture
At glance
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10. LMS
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11. LMS
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12. LMS
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13. LMS
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14. LMS
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15. Studio
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16. Studio
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17. Insights
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18. Otto
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19. Discussions
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20. XBlocks
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21. ● Sharable Content Object
Reference Model (SCORM) is a
collection of standards and
specifications for web-based
electronic educational
technology.
Scorm
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22. xAPI (Tin Cap API)
● The Experience API is a service that
allows for statements of experience
to be delivered to and stored securely
in a Learning Record Store (LRS).
These statements of experience are
typically learning experiences, but the
API can address statements of any
kind of experience.
xAPI
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23. ● The principal concept of LTI is to
establish a standard way of
integrating rich learning
applications (often remotely
hosted and provided through
third-party services) with
platforms like learning
management systems, portals,
learning object repositories, or
other educational environments.
LTI
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24. Thanks!
Any questions?
Davide Corio | Abstract
davide.corio@abstract.it - twitter: @davidecorio
Alessandro Martellone | Elastico
alessandro@elastico.co - twitter: @a_martellone