LabXchange 2018-02-15 Kickoff

Owned by Nimisha Asthagiri (Deactivated)
Last updated: Jun 04, 2018
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Attendees

Gaurav Vazirani, Mark Haseltine (Deactivated), Xavier Antoviaque, Braden MacDonald, Berkay Baykal (Deactivated), Dave Ormsbee, Nimisha Asthagiri (Deactivated)

Notes

  • 4-year grant from Amgen: Technology, Content, Partnership
    • Harvard resources for Tech architect, UI efforts
    • External vendors for implementation
  • High-level features
    • Content repository
      • Content metadata to search in content catalog
      • Content = pathways of 3-4 components; combining to create 3-4 week curriculum
    • Streamlined user experience (eliminating enrollment flow)
    • Custom UI
    • Social features
    • User-generated content; not a separate Studio interface
  • Other features
    • Permissions on content actions
    • Flagging/reporting of content
    • Content assets available outside of course
    • Progress/motivation on profile for "gamification"
    • Including content from external resources, without needing to leave the LabXchange experience
  • Simulations
    • To prepare students before they go to the physical lab
    • Somewhat separate from the rest of the platform
    • Tools being developed in parallel
  • Data
    • Will rely on analytics from open edX
    • Not a short-term high need to consider data from other external tools

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