Curriki presentation given at educatec show in Paris, November 24th, 2011

1. The Power To Do More,
Together
Joshua Marks Ludovic Dubost
CTO CEO
Curriki.org XWiki
SANKORE CONFERENCE AT EDUCATEC-EDUCATICE
November 24th, 2011

2. Our Common Objective
Technology as a tool to change
education worldwide
“By leveraging technology
and the network we will
bridge the digital divide and
deliver world-class education
to everyone.”
Scott McNealy
Co-Founder, Sun
Microsystems
Founder, Curriki

3. Why?
Public Health
Poverty Education
Economic stability
Political stability
Environmental Health

4. In our own ways, we are both
Redefining
• The What, When and Where of education
• Who participates in learning and teaching
• How education is delivered
Together we can do more!

5. Technology has always forced a re-invention of education
Before Gutenberg
• Knowledge passed on in books one hand copy at a
time or via oral tradition for “The masses”
• Access limited to Clergy and Aristocracy
• New knowledge evolved slowly
After Gutenberg
• Greater access to commercial (not free) knowledge
• The enlightenment and the industrial revolution
• Creation of new knowledge by ‘experts’ increases
• ICT and the WWW
After ICT and the WEB
• Tools of knowledge creation become democratized
• Learning becomes a creative/productive process
rather then consumptive process
• Access is free and open

6. Who We Are
Curriki is the leading K-12 global community for
teachers, students and parents to create, share
and find free learning resources that improve
teacher effectiveness and student performance.
501 (c) 3

7. Curriki: Background
• Started as a project within Sun Microsystems (Java.net)
• Apply Open Source licensing and the Java Community Process
to Curriculum
• First site to focus on OER in primary and secondary education
• Launched as Independent Non-profit organization in 2006
• Created the Curriki platform leveraging and extending XWiki
• Hosted by AT&T in the US, serving the world

8. Think of Curriki as:
Personalized
Content
Library of Collections
Congress
Videos, Podcasts,
Community Developed Animations, Simulations
Expert and Community Social Networking
Reviews
Open Source Licensing

9. Focus on building
curriculum and
collections
Full
Chemistry
Curriculum
Global Education
Peer Review Standards
Learning Community Launched
System Alignment
first website
ADVOCACY
for Open Resources 22,000 35,000 42,000
Resources Members 56,000 98,000 166,000
501(c)3 Groups 310 450 563
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

10. Curriki Today
• ~6M users from 192 countries
• 200,000 + registered members
• 16 million + students
reached/year
• 600 + Curriculum groups
• 45,000+ free resources
• Building a global brand around
the idea of open access and
open sharing of knowledge

11. Curriki in the world (1 month)

12. Awards
2007
• UNESCO's King Hamad Bin AI-Khalifa Prize for the use of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) in Education
• Edutopia Best Site to Download Free Lessons
2008
• Laureate, Tech Awards -Technology Benefiting Humanity
• Commitment member, Clinton Global Initiative
• Finalist, EdNet Pioneer Awards
2009
• Best Websites for Teaching & Learning, American Assoc of School Librarians
• 20 to Watch in Ed Tech, National School Boards Association (NSBA)
• Laureate, World Innovation Summit for Education, Qatar
www.curriki.org

14. What You Can Do on Curriki
and Planete.Sankoré
RATE
AND IMPROVE FIND
SHARE
AND
USE Connect
ASSEMBLE
to data
Mix
Re-Mix
CREATE
&
CONTRIBUTE

15. The relatiosnhip between Xwiki,
Curriki and Planète Sankoré
This is how Open Source Software Works!

16. XWiki
• Open Source, 30000 download/month
• French company, 32 employees
• Specialist of Web collaboration software to
help organizing information
• Developer of Curriki with curriki.org and of
Planète Sankoré
www.curriki.org

23. Community: Content: Platform/Tools:
2011 • Improve Collaboration • Sponsored STEM Portal • Core Platform Upgrade
Tools and data feeds • Social Auth/SSO
• Embedded Assessments • Assessment Tools
• Vertical Groups with Real-time Scoring • Open Sankoré – IWB/ The
2012
Curriki Mobile Classroom
• Class and School groups • Free Curated Reference
• Mobile Classroom Client Collections in all topics • Multiple LMS/PLE integration
• Interoperability and
2013 • Challenges/ International • Custom Editorial Services rendering services for Mobile
projects •Translation and conversion
2014 • Open Courseware services
• Real –time Virtual Solutions
Classroom •Dynamic Assembly
2015 • Robust interactive • Adaptive Learning
resource types for mobile
environments

24. Together We Can
• Improve access to knowledge while
reducing costs
• Create powerful tools and services used
around the globe
• Enable a transition to an entirely digital and
connect learning community
• Empower educators and students alike

25. Thank You!