Category Archives: Open Source

BuildmLearn accepted to participate in Google Summer of Code 2014

Posted on February 25, 2014 by buildmlearn

We’re delighted to announce that BuildmLearn is accepted to participate in this year’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program. This is the first time we’ve applied to the program and we’re in! For those who haven’t heard about the program … Continue reading →

BuildmLearn Toolkit (v2.0.0) now available!

Posted on February 24, 2014 by buildmlearn

We are working on some new templates for the BuildmLearn Toolkit and refining the existing templates; we thought it would be good to provide an intermediate update with the refined version of templates. Today, we are pleased to announce the … Continue reading →

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BuildmLearn Toolkit (v1.0.0) now available!

Posted on December 27, 2013 by buildmlearn

Finally, we have a new version of the BuildmLearn Toolkit releasing today. We intended to make this release before the end of this year and here it is. Thanks to all the contributors who made this possible! The earlier version … Continue reading →

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A successful end to Season of BuildmLearn 2013

Posted on September 20, 2013 by buildmlearn

Finally, we have come to the end of the 2013 edition of Season of BuildmLearn. We had three students along with their mentors working on this program. Each week mentors would assign appropriate tasks mainly in the areas of coding … Continue reading →

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Season of BuildmLearn 2013 – selected participants

Posted on June 16, 2013 by buildmlearn

Thanks to all the students who applied to the Season of BuildmLearn 2013 (SoB’2013). We received 12 applicants from various universities and have decided on the ones we would like to work with. We would be assigning mentors to each of the selected students. Mentors … Continue reading →

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Announcing Season of BuildmLearn 2013

Posted on June 1, 2013 by buildmlearn

In our efforts to develop an open source community at BuildmLearn we are planning to give college students a chance to join us and work on BuildmLearn projects. Named as the Season of BuildmLearn 2013, selected students will work hands on with … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, mLearning, Open Source, Season of BuildmLearn, User Research | Tagged application development, BuildmLearn, Information technology, Languages, Learning, Open source, open source project, Programming, project ideas, software development, Student, User research | Leave a comment

BuildmLearn Toolkit (v0.9) now available!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by buildmlearn

And it’s here! Today we are very happy to release the first version of the BuildmLearn Toolkit (v0.9). The BuildmLearn Toolkit allows educators to create mobile applications without any technical knowledge of mobile application development. The toolkit comprises of various … Continue reading →

Posted in mLearning, Open Source, Release | Tagged BuildmLearn, BuildmLearn Toolkit, Education, Educators, K through 12, Lesson, Student, Teacher | Leave a comment

Mobile Learning Week 2013

Posted on February 25, 2013 by buildmlearn

UNESCO held the second UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW) from 18 to 22 February 2013 at its Headquarters in Paris, France. The event aimed to explore mobile learning as a unique and significant contribution to achieving the Education for All … Continue reading →

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Prototyping, User Research Pilots and Findings for the BuildmLearn Toolkit

Posted on December 5, 2012 by buildmlearn

As mentioned in my post in October, we have kicked off this project i.e. BuildmLearn Toolkit – A toolkit for educators to create mobile applications with their customised learning content. Teachers using the toolkit do not require any technical knowledge … Continue reading →

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BuildmLearn Toolkit – the concept

Posted on October 2, 2012 by buildmlearn

We are a bunch of people, a mix of developers, researchers and designers, who have been discussing to work on projects related to Education. During the last couple of months, we have been attending several conferences and workshops related to … Continue reading →

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