Open edX Conference Presentations (2014)

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Last updated: Jun 16, 2016 by Joel Barciauskas (Deactivated)
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The first Open edX Conference was a huge success, and we had lots of interesting presentations. This page links to the slides and recordings of those presentations, so that you can watch them whenever you want.

Keynotes & Breakout Sessions

Speaker(s)TitleDate & TimeTrackLocationSlidesVideo
Beth Porter, Ned BatchelderThe View from edXNov 18, 1:00 PMKeynoteRadcliffe GymGoogle SlidesYouTube
Deepak PhatakTechnology Enabled Learning Ushering in the MOOCs era through SWAYAMNov 18, 1:45 PMKeynoteRadcliffe GymPowerPointYouTube
Yasumasa Watanabe, Hitoshi Kawasaki

Open edX for mobile optimization: The Japanese MOOC ‘gacco’

Nov 18, 2:30 PMHosting and AdoptingByerlyPDFYouTube
Bertrand MarronStory of APIsNov 18, 2:30 PMAPIs and IntegrationsRadcliffe GymSlideshareYouTube
Lorena Barba

Teaching Numerical Computing to STEM students with Open edX

Nov 18, 2:30 PMResearch and PedagogySheerrFigshareYouTube
Andy ParsonsPowered by Open edXNov 18, 3:10 PMHosting and AdoptingByerlyPDFYouTube
Xavier Antoviaque, Calen PenningtonXBlock Tutorial and DemosNov 18, 3:10 PMAPIs and IntegrationsRadcliffe GymWebYouTube
Piotr MitrosMOOCs, Learning, and PedagogyNov 18, 3:10 PMResearch and PedagogySheerrGoogle SlidesYouTube
Feanil PatelHosting Architecture at edXNov 18, 3:50 PMHosting and AdoptingByerlyGoogle SlidesYouTube
Phil McGacheyLTI IntegrationNov 18, 3:50 PMAPIs and IntegrationsRadcliffe GymPowerPointYouTube
Philippe ChiuAnalytics with SplunkNov 18, 3:50 PMResearch and PedagogySheerr

Keynote Slideshare

YouTube
Gerald SussmanAn Educational Vision: The Message of ProgrammingNov 19, 10:00 AMKeynoteRadcliffe GymPDFYouTube
Ignacio DespujolOpen edX OnsiteNov 19, 1:00 PMHosting and AdoptingByerlyPDFYouTube
Daniel Hickey, Kerri Lemie, Damian Ewens, Lorena Barba, Michael AmigotOpen BadgesNov 19, 1:00 PMDeveloping and InnovationSheerrFigshareYouTube
Andy ArmstrongOpen edX + UINov 19, 1:00 PMArchitectureRadcliffe GymGoogle SlidesYouTube
Karl Mehta, Afshin ShafieOpen edX Cloud ServicesNov 19, 1:40 PMHosting and AdoptingByerlyPDFYouTube
John CoxThird-Party AuthNov 19, 1:40 PMDeveloping and InnovationSheerrPDFYouTube
Diana HuangUsing the Shopping CartNov 19, 1:40 PMArchitectureRadcliffe GymGoogle SlidesYouTube
Carson Gee, Peter PinchGit-based CoursesNov 19, 2:20 PMHosting and AdoptingByerlyPDF Remark.jsYouTube
Jason BauDirect access to CoursewareNov 19, 2:20 PMDeveloping and InnovationSheerrPDFYouTube
Carlos Andrés RochaOpen edX AnalyticsNov 19, 2:20 PMArchitectureRadcliffe GymGoogle SlidesYouTube

 

Lightning Talks

SpeakerTitleSlidesVideo
Xavier AntoviaquejQuery-XBlock: Loading XBlocks RemotelyWebYouTube
Samuel SoubeyranSocial Interactions & Gamification in MOOCsPDFYouTube
Carlos TurroDeveloping XBlocks @ UPValenciaPowerPointYouTube
Ben WeeksLaTeX2edXPDFYouTube
Nate AuneOpen edX and DockerKeynoteYouTube
Felipe Montoya

Powering white label initiatives through open edX microsites 

PDFYouTube
Joe Blaylock

(partly) Self-Service Certificates

OpenOfficeYouTube
Steven BurchXBlock FactoryGoogle SlidesYouTube
Justin GoodhewAccredibleGoogle SlidesYouTube
Dee KanejiyaCogniiKeynoteYouTube
Julie Mullen

Invitation to a Conversation about Adaptive Learning Tools for Open edX

no slidesYouTube
Jonathan PeteredX through the eyes of a non-developerGoogle SlidesYouTube
Nikhil DubbakarePatchaGoogle SlidesYouTube
Dave OrmsbeeWhere do Grades Come From?Google SlidesYouTube
Chris DodgeMcKinsey Academy Technical ReviewPDFYouTube
Molly de BlancFree, Libre, Open Source edXGoogle SlidesYouTube

 

Hackathon Demos

Unfortunate, the video for the hackathon demos didn't come out very well, but it's better than nothing!

Video Part 1: https://plus.google.com/113815792917900734665/posts/eVpYQUEejTm

TimeProjectCollaboratorsSlides/Other
 1:22Git/Split Ross Strader, Nimisha Asthagiri

Git/Split google doc

7:12Course graphing/versioningSteve Vergennes, Lars, Rama, Adam 
10:42 (no audio)Studio editing of XBlocksSteve Burch 
13:37 (audio resumes at 14:09)Accessible Drag & DropColin Fredericks, Mark Sadecki 
14:46 (no audio, audio resumes at 20:20)Accessible CaptionsMark Sadecki, Omar Al-Ithawi, Cole Shaw 
22:50-endStudent TraversalDennis Jen, Brian Wilson

Course A primary metric Count

Course B primary metric Count

Course B primary metric Avg # Events

(no recording)Require JS Optimizer in the LMS  

Video Part 2: https://plus.google.com/events/ce2u86uq3vk79ds90sico69g9d0?authkey=COH48K3Qu8vsSg

TimeProjectCollaboratorsSlides/Other
0:00 (in progress, no video)Toward Learner ProfilesFrances Botsford 
3:09Multi-Containerizing EdX with Docker  
6:08Containerizing the Analytics PipelineGabe Mulley 
8:57 (video returns at 10:20)Libsass and Grunt  
12:33XBlock Services  
14:42XBlock on Py3DB 
15:34CassandraJim Abramson, Carlos Rocha 
19:18Certificate generation from grade reports  
22:00Break, Record, DocumentJuan, StephaneDocumentation Bugs
25:07Static code analysis/DevstackBen Patterson, Corey 
30:00upgrade djangoCale 
32:00x2goNik