Thanks, Don! We're all extremely excited about Coursefork as well.
1) all of the above; we're even trying to expand the definition of "education" to include coworkers and industry peers. We have a narrow focus initially, but will expand outward in concentric circles as we gain traction.
2) Our first prototype was based on Git, but we found that the system wasn't quite designed for the same type of content that would be included in an educational syllabus, which are often [large] rich media and interactive exercises that need to be treated as a single unit. We had to spend some time thinking about the problem space and made the decision to implement a more robust system--which notably, we're planning on exposing a subset thereof as a git-speaking endpoint.
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Thanks, Don! We're all extremely excited about Coursefork as well.
1) all of the above; we're even trying to expand the definition of "education" to include coworkers and industry peers. We have a narrow focus initially, but will expand outward in concentric circles as we gain traction.
2) Our first prototype was based on Git, but we found that the system wasn't quite designed for the same type of content that would be included in an educational syllabus, which are often [large] rich media and interactive exercises that need to be treated as a single unit. We had to spend some time thinking about the problem space and made the decision to implement a more robust system--which notably, we're planning on exposing a subset thereof as a git-speaking endpoint.
Thanks for your questions!
Thanks, Carolyn! We really believe the open source future will build a much better education, and will be the foundation of many things to come.