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Course-level chatbot
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Chief Solutions Architect, Skill-Up Technologies
Technocrat with experience in IT solutions, software & product development, customizations & integrations. Excel at building innovative learning solutions for clients.
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The Story of ORA
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edX Software Engineer, edX/2U
Jansen Kantor joined edX in 2018 to help with the development of the new Masters programs, and has spent his time there focusing on developing features and tools to enable and simplify the development and administration of instructor-led, high-touch courses
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Software Engineer, edX/2U
Nathan Sprenkle is a software engineer at edX. Since his start in 2019, he’s worked largely on backend ORA and grading improvements as well as learning/teaching about XBlocks and other foundational edX technologies.
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Create a course catalog in 90 minutes
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Software developer & DevOps, FCT|FCCN
Software developer and DevOps with a master degree in Computer Science and Engineering; with 14 years of experience in different projects and organizations, including 10 years in the education sector. I’m the Technical responsible of the NAU.edu.pt service.
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eLearning Designer / Developer, FCT|FCCN
With a degree in Communication and Multimedia, I specialized in creating interactive e-learning experiences in Higher Education Institutions. As a self-taught programmer, I used my experience to contribute to projects like H5P, with the initial portuguese translation of its activities...
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CTO, France Université Numérique (FUN)
Doing my best to lead the FUN guys and girls building, running and maintaining a bunch of highly available learning services at France Université Numérique. I love coding in Python, building with Django and bikeshedding on code. I hate unsolved problems and endless repetitions...
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Web Developer, France Université Numérique (FUN)
I’m a french thirty year old web developer. I love craft pleasing interfaces with user experience in mind. Front-end developer from the beginning, I've been embracing backend and python development for a year and a half. I’m part of the France Université Numérique development...
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Generating reports periodically
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Developer, OpenCraft
Keith is a developer OpenCraft since and loves all things tech and Open Source.
Senior Open-Source Developer, OpenCraft
Hey there! I'm an Open edX developer at OpenCraft who loves diving into the platform backend code :)
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How to use ORA in your course
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Technical Instructional Designer, Delft University of Technology
Udo Ouwerkerk is a technical instructional designer at TU Delft. He is working in the field of online learning since 2013.
Senior Learning Designer, edX/2U
Ben has over 10 years of experience in both academia and industry, building a diverse resume that includes lecturing at international colleges, authoring a series of innovative phonetic textbooks, and consulting for the British Council on a high-stakes English exam. Ben has an advanced...
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Transforming the Open edX platform into the next on-campus LMS
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VP for Strategy and Digital Education, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Systems Technician for New Internet Applications, Universitat Politècnica de València
Professor & Computer Engineer, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Computer Engineer and Doctor in Computer and Telecommunications Engineering from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Professor at the Higher Polytechnic School of the Autonomous University of Madrid. He teaches and coordinates undergraduate and graduate courses related to C programming...
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Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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Building your own Micro-Frontend
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Business Development Specialist, OpenCraft
Fox is a 'Full Stack Business Developer' who leads sales at OpenCraft. He has a history of contributions to the platform and other open source projects, and has spent time as an executive and staffer for fan conventions. He also runs his own business, Artconomy.com.
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tutor dev quickstart
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CTO, OpenCraft
Braden is an experienced developer who has been contributing to Open edX for more than six years.
Dictator in Chief, Overhang.IO
Tutor creator, online teacher of data engineering, computer vision PhD. Fond of his beautiful mountain village in the French Alps. Chinese noodles enthusiast.
Senior Software Engineer, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
Kyle is passionate about building software that makes both users and developers happy. In his four years as a developer and operator of Open edX, he helped build "Master's Degrees on edX" and contributed across the platform's content authoring, publishing, and delivery subsystems...
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“The State of Open edX”
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Vice President of Engineering, Open edX
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Senior Product Manager, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
Jenna is the Product Manager for the Open edX project. She brings 10 years of experience in the higher education sector, in both academic publishing and as an instructional designer and MOOC-creator on behalf of the United Nations.
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“The Future University: Pivot to Learner-Centricity”
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Chief Open Education Officer, 2U
Anant Agarwal is the Chief Open Education Officer at 2U, Inc., guiding and furthering the company’s mission to increase access to high-quality education for everyone, everywhere. Anant joined 2U through the edX acquisition, where he directed its evolution into one of the world’s...
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Integrating the Open edX platform and Canvas: A new integration for Libraries 2.0
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Sr. Data Product Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Seaton has been designing and developing learning products for the Open edX platform since its inception. He has acted as a researcher, data scientist, product owner, and product designer at a number of Open edX partner institutions. Daniel is currently a Sr. Data Product Manager...
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Principal Frontend Engineer, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
As an open-source veteran with a two-decade background in software development, Adolfo started his career hacking on the Asterisk PBX, followed by a long stint battling OpenStack, and finally ended up writing XBlocks for Open edX. He's now furthering both education and open source...
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Experiences with the Open edX platform for online and hybrid learning
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Associate Professor, Department of Education and Distance Learning, Universidade Aberta (Portugal)
Full Professor, PhD, Universidad del Cauca
Full Professor at the University of Cauca. PhD in Telematics Engineering. His area of interest is related to the mediation of ICT in educational processes.
Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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Researcher, Universidade Aberta
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edX discussions upgrades
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Director of Product, Platform @ edX / 2U, edX/2U
Platform product lead focused on teaching and learning initiatives across Open edX platform at edX/2U.
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Learning on the job: 5 key lessons from creating next-generation workplace training products
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Co-Founder and Head of Product, Edly
Faqir Bilal leads the product function at Edly, an ed-tech company headquartered in McKinney, Texas. His professional background is in education technology, eLearning, and enterprise product management.
Senior Learning Design Specialist, Edly
Asad lqbal is a senior e-learning consultant at Edly, an ed-tech company headquartered in McKinney, Texas. He is a seasoned learning professional with a background in creating highly engaging and quality learning solutions across K-12, Higher Ed, Non-profit and Corporate sectors...
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Using AI–based bots to improve student experience without human intervention
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Consultancy Manager and eLearning Platforms Expert, Graspway (by OpenSistemas)
Javier Viñuales is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Seville, co-founder of several technology companies and currently Consultancy Manager for OpenSistemas, neuroons and Graspway.He declares himself in love with the Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Free Software, traveling...
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2U's Learning Experience Framework (LXF)
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Senior Learning Designer, edX/2U
Ben has over 10 years of experience in both academia and industry, building a diverse resume that includes lecturing at international colleges, authoring a series of innovative phonetic textbooks, and consulting for the British Council on a high-stakes English exam. Ben has an advanced...
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Extending the Open edX platform sustainably through the Open edX Events and Filters framework
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Co-founder and CTO, eduNEXT
I joined in this community in 2013, have attended all conferences since and have been a speaker in many of them. I Co founded eduNEXT one of the oldest service providers of professional Open edX services. I'm a beginner juggler, but every conference I become way better.
Backend Developer, eduNEXT
I'm a Venezuelan computer engineer working as a Backend Developer at edunext. I've contributed to Open edX for about two years as part of my job and enthusiasm for the open-source community!
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Navigating through the code ft. Open edX repos
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Software Engineer, Arbisoft
Software Engineer, Arbisoft
I am a Software Engineer working at Arbisoft, Lahore, Pakistan for more than 3 years. Being an introvert, I usually tend to stay silent and observe the surroundings, whether alone or when socializing. Not that I shy away from conversations, I like Sound of Silence(if you get the reference...
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Course licensing with the Open edX platform
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Co-founder and CTO, eduNEXT
I joined in this community in 2013, have attended all conferences since and have been a speaker in many of them. I Co founded eduNEXT one of the oldest service providers of professional Open edX services. I'm a beginner juggler, but every conference I become way better.
Head of Engineering, Learning Solutions, Pearson VUE
Head of Engineering, Learning Solutions at Pearson VUE, specifically supporting the use, and development of Open edX for various Pearson business groups. Previously Director of Engineering at edX.
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FUN's journey to data-driven and adaptive learning
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Data Engineer, France Université Numérique (FUN)
Freshly graduated from an engineer cursus in 2020, Quitterie joined France Université Numérique when the data department was created. As a data engineer, she participates in the software development of the data management infrastructure, focusing particularly on the use of the xAPI...
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The state of the Open edX frontend
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Principal Engineer / Frontend Architect, edX/2U
Principal Frontend Engineer, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
As an open-source veteran with a two-decade background in software development, Adolfo started his career hacking on the Asterisk PBX, followed by a long stint battling OpenStack, and finally ended up writing XBlocks for Open edX. He's now furthering both education and open source...
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Open edX deployments made easy with Grove
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Developer, OpenCraft
Kaustav has been a developer at OpenCraft since 2021. He is currently working on development of Grove and migrating all open edX installations managed by OpenCraft to Tutor using Grove.
Engineer, OpenCraft
Hi, I'm Geoffrey L., full stack engineer & SRE working remotely. My work is full of Python, Django, Javascript, React, Linux and Sysop. Open-source advocate. I am working at OpenCraft for three years.
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UX State of Mind: Designing better Open edX themes
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UX and UI Designer | Fixate, Co-founder, OpenCraft
I co-own a UX and UI company called Fixate. I’m particularly passionate about UX design, and have guest lectured in UX at the University of Pretoria during 2017 and 2018. I’ve been working with OpenCraft since 2019 and it’s helped me develop a deeper love for intuitive, and...
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Learning Core Platform
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Software Architect, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
I was an early developer at edX and have been writing code for Open edX for over ten years, working primarily with the teaching and learning aspects of the platform. I am currently a Software Architect at tCRIL.
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“From Open Governance to Collective Ownership”
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Principal & Founder of UnlockOpen
An industry veteran, Tobie Langel is a world-leading expert on open source and standardization. Through his consultancy UnlockOpen, he advises some of the biggest names in tech, promising startups, and industry organizations. Tobie thrives on helping build open, sustainable ecosystems...
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“Changing the Game’s Rules: From Scalable Efficiency to Scalable Learning”
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Executive Director for Business Transformation, Executive Education at Nova SBE | Head of Innovation at MERCER, Nova School of Business and Economics / MERCER
Paula’s work focuses on how humans learn, bringing together research in neuroscience, anthropology, psychology and biology in order to adapt learning methodologies in the executive learning arena. She is also co-author of the book The Age of Super Humans.
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Using the Open edX platform to transform your learning programs
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Founder and Global CEO, Skill-Up Technologies
JPS Kohli is a transformational learning influencer with over 25 years of industry-leading experience in cloud-based online learning systems. He is an EdTech visionary whose passion for improving opportunities and careers is driving deeper learning at scale. He has significant expertise...
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Open edX mobile: Product direction & development
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Principal Software Engineer, Arbisoft
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edX Product Manager - Mobile, edX/2U
edX Product Manager on the Mobile Apps team.
edX Mobile Team Lead & Solution Architect, Arbisoft
A developer at heart with a knack for mobile development having 9+ yrs of experience in apps & games development.
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Lightning Talks: Integrations and Extensions
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Product Manager, Purchase Squad, edX/2U
Seth McCann Joined edX in 2019 focused on product operations and moved to the revenue team mid 2020. He believes that getting credentials into learners hands is essential to the achievement of their goals and as owner of the e-commerce service has been focused on finding ways to localize...
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Senior Software Engineer, edX/2U
I'm a software developer on the edX/2U ecommerce team who loves web development, data modeling, DevSecOps, and user experience design. I worked in the logistics and healthcare industries for 6 years before joining edX/2U in 2021.
Engineering Manager, Edly
My name is Zia Fazal and I work at edly by Arbisoft. It is a unit of Arbisoft focused on providing online learning solutions to wide range of customers. I’m located in Lahore, Pakistan.I’m part of the community since 2014 and core contributor of edX platform. I have contributed...
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Software developer & DevOps, FCT|FCCN
Software developer and DevOps with a master degree in Computer Science and Engineering; with 14 years of experience in different projects and organizations, including 10 years in the education sector. I’m the Technical responsible of the NAU.edu.pt service.
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NAU Platform Manager, FCT|FCCN
PhD in eLearning and distance education, developing MOOC since 2015 in EdX.org and Open EdX is currently the manager of NAU platform, he Portuguese MOOC platform for Higher Education, Public Administration and Private Sector.
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Web Developer, France Université Numérique (FUN)
I’m a french thirty year old web developer. I love craft pleasing interfaces with user experience in mind. Front-end developer from the beginning, I've been embracing backend and python development for a year and a half. I’m part of the France Université Numérique development...
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Senior Full-Stack Developer, eduNEXT
Senior full-stack developer at eduNEXT. In the Open edX environment since 2018, I have acquired a deep knowledge in Open edX technologies and in recent times about MFEs; I am also excited about the improvement of the learner experience, the extension of the edx-platform via plugins...
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Data Analyst for NAU Platform, FCT|FCCN
I am a Portuguese data analyst and recent master’s graduate with a focus in data science. Having worked with predictive modelling and machine learning, I have recently embraced data analytics and business intelligence. As part of the NAU team at FCCN, my role is to translate data...
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Lightning Talks: Pedagogy and Instructional Design
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Sr. Director Tech Training and Enablement, Cybereason
Head of Business Development, Campus IL
Digital Learning Strategist (Education and teacher training) at Campus-il – Israel's National Digital Learning Initiative.Educator and entrepreneur. Leads the process of creating and developing hundreds of diverse courses and learning programs and also serves as Product Manager.In...
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CEO & Chief Evangelist of “TA as a Service”, Skill-Up Online
Mr. Ratan Deep Singh is a highly experienced evangelist for paradigm-busting solutions and services in the ed-tech industry. His expertise has developed from a strong management and leadership background in technology, and he brings significant hands-on experience and skill as he...
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Data Engineer, France Université Numérique (FUN)
Freshly graduated from an engineer cursus in 2020, Quitterie joined France Université Numérique when the data department was created. As a data engineer, she participates in the software development of the data management infrastructure, focusing particularly on the use of the xAPI...
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Lightning Talks: Platform and Product
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Software Engineer, edX/2U
Nathan Sprenkle is a software engineer at edX. Since his start in 2019, he’s worked largely on backend ORA and grading improvements as well as learning/teaching about XBlocks and other foundational edX technologies.
CTO, OpenCraft
Braden is an experienced developer who has been contributing to Open edX for more than six years.
CEO, Aulasneo
Esteban Etcheverry is the CEO and Co-Founder of Aulasneo, an Open edX Verified Service Provider. He's Passionate about learning, technology and arts.
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Senior Product Manager, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
Jenna is the Product Manager for the Open edX project. She brings 10 years of experience in the higher education sector, in both academic publishing and as an instructional designer and MOOC-creator on behalf of the United Nations.
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Lightning Talks: Virtual
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Project Manager, OpenCraft
I started working for OpenCraft in 2015 as a software developer. My interests have shifted quite a bit since then, and these days I mainly get to focus on things like project planning and process improvements in my work. I love being a part of an organization and a community that...
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UX/UI Designer, OpenCraft
I have a small UX and UI company called Fixate. I’ve been working with OpenCraft since 2019 and during that time have learnt so much about the open source way of working, and MOOCs in particular. I love the community-driven aspect behind Open edX, and I’m really chuffed to have...
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Software Engineer II, edX/2U
After interning at edX in 2019, I joined full time in 2020 and work in the Content Theme as a software engineer.
Software Architect, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
I was an early developer at edX and have been writing code for Open edX for over ten years, working primarily with the teaching and learning aspects of the platform. I am currently a Software Architect at tCRIL.
Senior Solution Architect, AWS
I have designed many large infrastructure migrations into the cloud. I have been a teacher through out my career and still manage a cloud security class once a year at the University of Minnesota. For a long time I have also been an election judge for my local community. These...
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Senior Integration Specialist, edX/2U
I started at edX over 4 years ago and have worked a variety of roles: Project Coordinator, Partner Support Engineer, and now Senior Integration Specialist focusing on Master's Degrees.
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LMS Amplifier: Extending the horizons of your platform through automated integrations
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Product Manager, edX/2U
Mariana is an Associate Product Manager at 2U/edX within the Enterprise B2B theme. She is passionate about equitable access to education, i18n, and culinary trends.
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Software Engineer, edX/2U
Alex is a software engineer at 2U/edX within the Enterprise B2B reach theme. Studying technology and education as an undergraduate, he is passionate about complex educational systems, how technology can aid or hinder students’ learning experiences and making homemade pasta.
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How assessment design can eliminate the need for digital proctoring
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Director of Online and Blended Learning Initiatives, Lectures in Digital Learning, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mary Ellen has led the execution of the digital learning strategy for the Department of Biology at MIT for over eight years. As a Lecturer and Director of Online and Blended Learning Initiatives, she trains and mentors instructors, postdoctoral fellows, and students, manages the digital...
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So you want to become a Core Contributor?
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Core contributor, Founder, OpenCraft
Xavier Antoviaque is an Open edX core contributor and board member of the Open edX technical committee (TOC). He is also the founder of OpenCraft, which is the largest contributing organization to Open edX besides edX/2U, as a provider of development and hosting services on the Open...
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Engineering & Community Management, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
5 years experience hacking on the Open edX platform and working with the Open Source community. I am dedicated to enabling open source contributors to the Open edX® platform via extensibility and process improvements. I live with my 3 cat sons and have a lifelong love for all things...
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EDUlib's approach to pedagogical quality
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Teacher Support Professional, Université de Montréal
Natacha Brassard is currently working as a technical assistant at the University Pedagogy Center of the University de Montreal. She is currently a master's student in educational technology. During her final internship, she built an evaluation grid to assess the success of a MOOC...
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Pedagogical Counselor, Université de Montréal
Vincent Laberge is pedagogical counselor at the University of Montreal and has been working with EDUlib since 2017.
Instructional Designer, Université de Montréal
Tetyana has developed her expertise in higher education as a pedagogical advisor and instructional designer thanks to her degrees in education, teaching practice with groups of different ages, creation and evaluation of multiple programs and courses, coordination and management experience...
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Deep dive into LTI 1.3 in the Open edX platform
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Senior Open Source Developer, OpenCraft
Senior Open Source Developer, OpenCraft
Giovanni is an Open Source developer with a knack for edtech-related projects. He’s been with OpenCraft since 2018 and led 3 blended development projects: BD-05 - ORA improvements, BD-02 - LTI 1.3 support and BD-24 LTI Advantage support.
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Rethinking Open edX documentation
Speakers JM
Senior Product Manager, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
Jenna is the Product Manager for the Open edX project. She brings 10 years of experience in the higher education sector, in both academic publishing and as an instructional designer and MOOC-creator on behalf of the United Nations.
Software Architect, The Center for Reimagining Learning (tCRIL)
Feanil has been working with Open edX since the day it became Open Source. Focusing on various aspects of the platform including, building/operations, maintenance/upgrades, security, architecture and most recently documentation.
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Next stop, event bus
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Principal Engineer, edX/2U
Robert’s career has mainly focused on engineering roles across a variety of companies focused on education. Currently, he’s a principal engineer at 2U/edX. Robert has been with edX over 6 years supporting a number of architectural initiatives. Outside of work, he can be found...
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