Background -- Website / Platform Update
- Migrated to new site 18 June 2011
- Good bye Drupal (CMS)
- hard to create an open source community
- hard to customize
- Hello Lernanta
- Django/Python
- Based on Batucada (Mozilla drumbeat.org)
- Led by full-time Tech Lead
- Open Source Community
- Currently version 0.8 (so 4 weeks away from finished minimum viable product)
- Changes
- More flexible (peer learning instead of top down)
- More social
I'm going to give as little input / guidance as possible to get some completely fresh eyes on the site
Background -- Dogfood Session Goals
(1) Feedback on platform
(2) Peer assist
- How to scale: learning model / business
How do we scale?
Scale the course model -- If strong facilitators are required, how do we get them?
- Don't scale as quickly as demand
- What are long-term incentives?
Relax the model
Social media (P2PU)
SEO
Leverage partners
- Partnerships
- Widgets (OpenStudy)
- Investment vs. benefits
Make it extremely social (Farmville)
- Build social into the model
- Users pull in more users