OER Glue
OER Glue is a uniquely open approach to online learning that allows content be used where it already
resides rather than requiring it to be copied into a new system. OER Glue can be used to efficiently
assemble courses and teach online by "glueing together" open education resources (OERs) and integrating with
popular online services including Google Documents, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and discussion and assessment tools.
OER Glue’s web browser add-on approach allows it to wrap context and navigation tools around online content
and to integrate content and services from multiple sources in a coherent manner. In order to ensure that
resources remain available, OER Glue integrates with services such as internet archive.
Tatemae is building OER Glue with funding from a National Science Foundation SBIR grant.
Visit site:
http://www.oerglue.com/
Twitter History (TwHistory)
Twitter History is a project invented by Marion Jensen and Tom Caswell based on the belief that history
is filled with exciting stories and that those
stories can be told by creating virtual reenactments using Twitter, a popular micro-blogging service that
allows 140 character 'tweets'. Students or volunteers pick historical figures who were at a well-documented
historical event, create tweets based on original source documentation and then schedule the tweets be
broadcast in real time. The end result is a virtual reenactment of a historical event, broadcast in real time.
Tatemae built Twitter History based on Tatemae's open source Ruby on Rails web platform with a grant
from the Talis Incubator for Open Education.
Visit site:
http://www.twhistory.org/
Tipping Bucket
Tipping Bucket is a fresh approach to changing the world. A social venture that's redefining traditional deep-pocket philanthropy,
busting it open for all who want to make the world a better place-not just the wealthy and powerful.
Tipping Bucket helps non-profits, social businesses, and startup social entrepreneurs leverage social media to fund projects
that do social good. A crowd-funding platform that uses social media and social networks to generate micro-donations for development-oriented projects, called buckets.
Justin consulted with the Tipping Bucket to build their website based on Tatemae's open source Ruby on Rails web platform.
Visit site:
http://www.tippingbucket.org/
Folksemantic
Folksemantic is a social media website and toolset that provides search, recommendation, and collaboration tools for open educational resources (OERs).
It currently indexes over 110,000 resources in 8 languages from over 400 collections including over 3,000 OpenCourseWares (OCWs).
Folksemantic functionality can be used at the Folksemantic website and through widgets that can be easily placed on any website.
Users can comment on and share resources with others as well as receive personalized recommendations based on their interests.
New collections and resources are being added daily via automated discovery mechanisms, site administrators, and user contributions.
We built the folksemantic website with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation.
Visit site:
http://www.folksemantic.com/
OCW Finder
OCW Finder is the leading search engine for finding OpenCourseWares. It is a simple interface for searching OCWs and browsing using tags.
Tatemae developers extended the initial static version developed by open education visionary, David Wiley, to a database-backed
version that allows users to contribute new resources. OCW Finder currently runs on the folksemantic technology and is an example of
how folksemantic widgets can easily be used on other websites.
Visit site:
http://www.ocwfinder.org/
Teachers Without Borders Teachers Without Borders is a non-profit organization that "supports teacher leaders, worldwide, with professional development opportunities and tools that connect them with information and each other so that they may play a more vital role in their communities". In order to build the Teachers Without Borders website, Tatemae developers built Luvfoo, an open source content-centric social network platform. Code was drawn from LovdByLess and other open source Ruby on Rails projects.
Visit site:
http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org/ National Library of Virtual Manipulatives The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an award-winning, educational website containing interactive tools for K-12 mathematics. Joel directed the development, evaluation, and refinement of the Java applets and website design, funded by the National Science Foundation. The NLVM website currently averages over 40,000 visitors each school day, has been translated into Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, Danish, and Arabic, and has been the basis for the creation of a number of companion sites and CDs for a number of college text books.
Visit site:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/ eNLVM As part of Joel's PhD project he developed a learning management system for interactive mathematics and field tested it with math teachers around the United States. That PhD project led to the NSF funded eNLVM project to build an LMS and develop online lessons and assessments that utilize the interactive math tools from the NLVM and other websites. Unique aspects of the eNLVM are that it allows teachers to organize course materials using sources from anywhere on the web, write and adapt content and student assessments, and configure interactive tools. Teachers can view student responses including work they have done with interactive tools. The eNLVM currently has over 9,000 registered users and 6,000 registered schools. Joel directed the project, coordinating the efforts of over 40 teachers, programmers, graphic designers, mathematicians, and educators.
Visit site:
http://enlvm.usu.edu/ iGAG
iGag.us was an early RSS reader for the iPhone.
Ozmozr Ozmozr was an early Web2.0 attempt to do identity aggregation, social networking, and RSS aggregation. Users could register their social media accounts including bookmarks pictures, and videos and include them in rich profiles that others could find. Ozmozr let people follow other users in the system and create and join groups. It provided a bookmarklet that could be used to easily share and comment on web pages of interest. Similar to Google Reader, Bloglines, and other RSS readers, users could register and read blogs and other RSS feeds.
Visit site:
http://www.ozmozr.com/ Send2Wiki Send2Wiki is a MediaWiki that lets users copy web-pages into a wiki with a single click, auto-detecting and preserving CreativeCommons and other licenses. Optionally, users can translate the web page using Google Translate during the process.
Make a Path Make a Path let users create and share annotated sequences of web pages.
51 Weeks
51Weeks is a conference planning / communication tool that helps people connect with attendees at the conference and the other 51 weeks of the year.
Genlighten Genlighten is a startup focused on making it easier to find genealogy records that are not online by connecting local providers with genealogists. Justin is a partner in Genlighten and built the website from the ground up.
Visit site:
http://genlighten.com/ The Plan Collection ThePlanCollection.com an e-commerce website for house plans.
Justin founded this company 9 years ago and built the web application, originally used ASP with SQL server on a shared server. It has since grown to a very large
project with a fairly sophisticated network/security setup. The image-rich website now runs on C# and boasts nearly 20,000 house plans and a great deal of daily traffic.
Visit site:
http://theplancollection.com/
