Attendees

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

Action Items