Here is a quick sampling of some Grav CMS Course Companion workflows:
Video 1. Simple install of the course companion on a Web server (in under 30 seconds).
Figure 1. Flipped-LMS approach using Grav CMS, GitHub, and Deploy.
This article is now outdated. Please refer to the Grav Course Companion Getting Started Guide.
To kick off 2016 in style, I’ve just released an early prototype + documentation for my Grav CMS Course Companion skeleton package, based on the Bones Vanilla theme.
Figure 1. Bones Vanilla Cours...
Here are a few recent thoughts about the usage of LMSs and CMSs outside of school/courses, for both students and instructors.
Likelihood students use an LMS outside of courses? ~ 0%
Likelihood students use an open source CMS outside of courses? ≫ 0%
— Hibbitts Design (@hibbittsdesign) December 28...
What is a flipped LMS?
A flipped LMS approach is where an open platform, in the control of course participants, serves as an alternative front-end to the institutional LMS
Figure 1. Flipped-LMS approach.
Why flip the LMS?
To support pedagogical goals unmet by current LMS/platform
To deliver a better student (and facilitator) experience
To increase capability of access, sharing and collaboration
While trying to visualize my flipped-LMS approach using an open and collaborative platform, it’s become apparent that I am looking at two distinct, though related, models.
An open and collaborative learning platform enables both students and instructors to contribute directly to their shared onlin...
As a modern flat-file CMS, Grav can take full advantage of today’s ecosystem of open and collaborative editing services, such as GitHub or GitLab. In this article we will look at how to easily use Grav with GitHub Desktop (which uses GitHub and Git for source control) and the automatic deployment service Deploy to result in a very efficient, open and collaborative workflow. No scripting or command line interactions will be required, I promise.
I’ve been trying to formulate a sustainable approach of an open design practice for my experience design work in the education field, and I think I am getting closer to defining a workable approach:
(1/2) Slowly navigating my way through a sustainable open design practice. Leaning towards open sou...
While every project has different needs, I am finding that database-based CMS platforms such as WordPress are often too complex/feature-laden for the needs of individual educators/publishers. In contrast, flat-file CMS platforms offer more simplicity and control. Here are some of the key reasons I am now focusing on using modern flat-file CMSs for my development work (especially when implementing a flipped LMS approach):
