Has anyone actually seen the source code for edx? They claimed that they would release it. I don't see a repository on Github or anywhere else.
‘Linux of online learning’: edX and Stanford build open source platform
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#12I know "X for Y" descriptions can be useful shorthand, but "Linux of online learning"? Really? I know many HNers groaned at yesterday's Morozov essay, but we might do well for ourselves if we take some of the buzzwords back a notch or two. It would go a long way towards preserving the meaning and significance of important words. If anything that is "open" can be "the Linux of something," then what is Linux?
Apart from being very prone to cliche, the problem with "X for Y" is that it's got so much potential to be indulgent. "Linux of online learning" might convey meaning like "platform," "open," :big ecosystem" and "you can build a brand on top of it." But, it sounds like they are saying "Awesome & incredibly successful platform for learning." That said, I still don't think it's meaningless, though I don't know how much…
If you're wrong, what good is conviction? I'd think that's even more dangerous. It's easy to call out the cynics who misappropriate and obfuscate words for their own gain. It's scarier when people earnestly see nothing wrong with anything open being "a Linux."
Morozov bemoaned the overuse of "open." Now we take that a step further. Anything that meets the already-loose standards for being "open" can also be "a Linux." Is there any workable standard with which to limit this indulgence? Hopefully it's somewhere between a "Twilio for photos" and a realtor holding a "Linux house" for prospective home buyers.
Re: ‘Linux of online learning’: edX and Stanford build open source platform
#13Has anyone actually seen the source code for edx? They claimed that they would release it. I don't see a repository on Github or anywhere else.
The source will be released in full on June 1st with various components being released earlier.
Re: ‘Linux of online learning’: edX and Stanford build open source platform
#14Has anyone actually seen the source code for edx? They claimed that they would release it. I don't see a repository on Github or anywhere else.
There is a github repo: https://github.com/edx
Re: ‘Linux of online learning’: edX and Stanford build open source platform
#15Hm, I wonder why they didn't check out instructure.
https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
It's open source, and there's a paid arm of it for universities to outsource their IT needs.
Re: ‘Linux of online learning’: edX and Stanford build open source platform
#16Hm, I wonder why they didn't check out instructure. https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms It's open source, and there's a paid arm of it for universities to outsource their IT needs.
Canvas is way more of an LMS (Learning Management System), than a learning platform. My only experience is with MITx, which has a very different goal than an LMS.
Re: ‘Linux of online learning’: edX and Stanford build open source platform
#17Has anyone actually seen the source code for edx? They claimed that they would release it. I don't see a repository on Github or anywhere else.
There's also this press release talking about the release of XBlock SDK: https://www.edx.org/press/xblock_announcement