The fourth Open edX conference was successfully celebrated in Madrid, Spain, attracting 310 participants (the maximum available capacity and almost a 50% increase in attendance from last year) and top sponsors, and launching a powerful message about the strength of community.
Anant, Vincent and Nick all inspired us to think about how online education can help us face the challenges facing us as a society. Videos and slides from these sessions will be posted online in the upcoming weeks.
Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX, reported during its inaugural keynote address that there are 11 million users on the Open edX community, almost the same amount as that of edX.org, as shown below.
Additionally, edX executives disclosed that today there are over 800 Open edX-powered websites and more than 5,000 courses.
In terms of MOOC sites, 9 out of 39 are built on Open edX.
The next Open edX named release, called Ginkgo, will be launched in July 2017, while the following one, scheduled for December 2017 or January 2018, will be Hawthorn.
Below is a selection of 22 tweets from the conference, posted with #openedx2017.
The videos of the conference are posted on YouTube.
Additionally, these are five highlights selected by Appsembler.
Our own @agarwaledu is kicking off #OpenedX2017 thinking about what education looks like in 2030 ! Wow! pic.twitter.com/wK7UPmjnJl
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) May 24, 2017
.@OpenEdX expansion figures at #OpenedX2017 conference pic.twitter.com/VZMWuDjP37
— RaccoonGang (@RaccoonGangCom) May 24, 2017
Microsoft using OpenEDX for their own internal corporate university #OpenedX2017 @LearningTribes @My_Mooc pic.twitter.com/8chtDvJwfM
— Droissart Raphaël (@Droissart_R) May 24, 2017
How Kiron opens doors to education for refugees Vincent Zimmer #OpenedX2017 #EMOOCs2017 pic.twitter.com/PgqDoZVBAD
— Kicka Lindroos (@KickaLind) May 24, 2017
Learning happens here! Ready to engage with the community at Open edX 2017 conf #OpenedX2017 @MSLearning @OpenEdX pic.twitter.com/bVoy3s6EqL
— Carolyn Lesser (@carolynlesser29) May 24, 2017
VP Product Iain Kennedy talking about our product vision #openedx2017 pic.twitter.com/IFgAtfvGq9
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) May 24, 2017
Shelby sharing @OpenEdX updates around grading and reliability. #OpenedX2017 pic.twitter.com/OV0cnc31b1
— marcotuts (@marcotuts) May 24, 2017
About 1/4 of the top MOOC platforms run on @OpenEdX #OpenedX2017 pic.twitter.com/bpr7HpZ0D0
— Furqan Nazeeri (@fnazeeri) May 24, 2017
How @harvardx does adaptive learning on the @OpenEdX platform, #openedx2017 pic.twitter.com/VMVoaV8AtD
— Michael Amigot (@amigot) May 24, 2017
Watch Vincent Zimmer of @KironEducation talk about using a digital platform for refugee education live https://t.co/mIMDpfsRHD pic.twitter.com/KuCKIy4ipH
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) May 24, 2017
Microsoft using OpenEDX for their own internal corporate university #OpenedX2017 @LearningTribes @My_Mooc pic.twitter.com/8chtDvJwfM
— Droissart Raphaël (@Droissart_R) May 24, 2017
Global CLO of @McKinsey @nickvandam is kicking off day 2 of #OpenedX2017 ! pic.twitter.com/aI2kmFQZdg
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) May 25, 2017
Cognitive, social + digital skills will drive workforce in coming yrs. Creativity = #1 skill for CEOs. #OpenedX2017 pic.twitter.com/MmnnlnU8it
— Julie Goff (@juliapgoff) May 25, 2017
Watching @CarolynLesser explain the @MSLearning #openedx ecosystem #OpenedX2017, connecting users & achievements across multiple systems pic.twitter.com/8VQMfQuxTF
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) May 25, 2017
Whoa: The @OpenUniversity‘s first (!) @OpenedX course was a 600-hour (!!) Earth Sciences class with 18 (!!!) authors #openedx2017
— Florian Haas (@xahteiwi) May 25, 2017
Why @GlobalKnowledge chose #OpenedX as their next generation learning platform:community, pedagogy, engaging learner experience #openedx2017 pic.twitter.com/KBvyezZGYk
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) May 25, 2017
Talking about how MIT uses @OpenEdX for blended learning at #OpenedX2017! pic.twitter.com/Y79IOSqUu6
— MITx on edX (@MITxonedX) May 25, 2017
Great talk from @amigot of @iblstudios about producing real-time videos for education #OpenedX2017 pic.twitter.com/5d7IkocaPo
— Appsembler (@appsembler) May 25, 2017
.@microsoft impressive achievements on @edXOnline #openedx2017 pic.twitter.com/Cjlq9asttu
— Michael Amigot (@amigot) May 25, 2017
new and future jobs #openedx2017 keynote Nick van Dam on stage with learn or lose pic.twitter.com/qnd0Y1DhW3
— Abstract-Technology (@abstractGmbH) May 25, 2017
Learn more about the new Video XBlock from @appsembler and @RaccoonGangCom during the 3pm BOF #OpenedX2017 pic.twitter.com/jxfCUpdGCd
— Appsembler (@appsembler) May 25, 2017
National platforms using #openedx all around the world. #OpenedX2017 pic.twitter.com/BfYicofkdP
— Appsembler (@appsembler) May 24, 2017
