Gooru

For Platform Development That Facilitates Curation, Auto-tagging, And Contextualization Of OER

  • Amount
    $300,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    11/15/2011
  • Term
    12.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    Project
Overview
Although high-quality OER are available, there is still no easy way to search for them and create a portfolio for teaching and learning. EdNovo’s Gooru platform addresses this issue by giving teachers and students an easy-to-use system for tagging OER content on the Web, making it more discoverable and contextually relevant. Integrated with Google Apps for Education, Gooru has drag-and-drop and bookmarking features that allow users to find Common Core–aligned content and create shareable OER lesson plans and study guides. As use increases, Gooru will also aggregate important data on content usage.
About the Grantee
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for an open source platform that enables better discovery, insights, and use of OER  
EdNovo’s Gooru platform provides teachers and students an easy-to-use system for searching, tagging, and organizing millions of free and open Web resources. Gooru would extend its open source platform by developing tools that encourage libraries of OER; provide information on their use; and make them easier to discover by linking them to relevant curriculum standards. These extensions promote increased student learning gains through OER by continuing to make it easier for teachers to find and use OER and capturing usage data to support feedback on and continuous improvement of recommended resources.
for platform development that assists in curation, auto-tagging, and contextualization of OER  
EdNovo’s Gooru platform gives teachers and students an easy-to-use system for searching, tagging, and organizing more than 17 million free and open Web resources. In its next phase of development, Gooru would provide a dashboard for teachers to track individual students’ engagement, proficiency, and learning paths, along with customized resource recommendations. Gooru is a tool that makes it easier for teachers to find and use OER; it also addresses the need to capture usage data to support feedback loops and continuous improvement of recommended resources.

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