Hello,
I just started this thread in the forum :
http://drupal.org/node/1011410
regarding a project I have in mind :
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Idea for a project : education website. Is Drupal a good solution ?
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Posted by dlgbzh on December 31, 2010 at 11:57am
Hello,
my idea is to create a website that provides both a database of teachers AND a teaching interface, that is :
- an advertising window for teachers who give lessons on an individual basis where they could set up a public profile page
- a database so that students can search for a teacher (per location, per subject, per time-slot)
- an interface with login for the teachers to prepare courses, lessons, tests ...
- a different interface with login for students so they can follow the courses and take up tests
In addition, I would need :
- a payment module (registered teachers would pay a modest fee per month, 1st month being a free trial)
- teaching modules : teachers would make use of modules that are specific to their needs (e.g. drawing molecules for chemistry, writing equations for maths) and other modules that would be more general (e.g. embed a video, set up a test with radio buttons or check-boxes).
Do you think this is feasible ?
It seems most education websites are designed for "one teacher (or one school) / many students".
This idea of mine would need a design "many teachers / many students".
Thanks in advance for any insight, opinion, advice...
Denis
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Check out some distros
There are some really powerful distributions popping up that i'd recommend checking out (in and out of the educational sector). Here's a few worth looking at (though there are many more):
Eduglu, ELMS, Open Atrium, Open Scholar, Voice Box are all worth getting inspiration from.
I'm pretty sure that all of them are based on organic groups so many of the things you see done in the different distros should be functionality you can knit together. Throw on unberkart to be able to have teachers purchase roles (a built in module to that project) and you've monetized an educational platform. I'd still like to see moodle integrated with one of (if not more of) these platforms. I know people have done it in-house (drupal/moodle mashups) but I'd like to start to see some of them out in the light of day.
Ex Uno Plures
http://elmsln.org/
http://btopro.com/
http://drupal.psu.edu/