Title: Introductory Workshop Presentation Yasmin Lee The Open Polytechnic of NZ
1Introductory Workshop PresentationYasmin LeeThe
Open Polytechnic of NZ
2What is it?
Eduforge is a virtual collaborative learning and
exploratory environment, designed for the sharing
of ideas, research outcomes, open source
educational software, and tools within a
community of learners and researchers. We
encourage cross-institutional collaboration among
individuals within an independent environment
outside the normal boundaries of organisational
infrastructure and resources.
3Key benefits
- The underpinning philosophy of Eduforge can be
described as open access and sharing. - Be part of the New Zealand Open Source
educational community that already has members
from more than ten tertiary institutions - Gain free access to Open Source educational
software - Use collaborative tools (e.g. Blogs, Wikis,
project management) that can help you manage your
projects and team members within or across
organisations - Publish results, research papers, share ideas
and resources on the website - Free registration online.
4Project
Project Structure
SubProjects
Tasks
Forum
Blogs
Documents
Tools Available For Projects
News
Wiki Pages
Files
Toolbox (Exploration of new tools/systems)
Moodle
ATutor
Ilias
5Click here for registration
FAQ offers useful tips on how to start a project.
Wiki Pages is where you need to go for testing
Wikis - at the Sandbox. Blogs (online
diary/notes) are for the Eduforge community.
6Use the Demo-Tutorial on the Eduforge Homepage
for a quick tour of what Eduforge can do for your
project.
7This is the Project Homepage easily designed
using Wikis for the Project called Setup
Demo-Tutorial.
Using Wikis, you can easily design sub-chapters
from your Homepage. This is great for a large
project with multiple subprojects. It is equally
useful for inserting diagrams and pictures.
These are functions available on this Wiki page
template.