PloneEdu.org: New Opportunities, New Frontiers

PloneEdu.org: New Opportunities, New Frontiers

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  New Opportunities, NewFrontiers ploneedu.org Michael J. Halm, WebLion Group, Penn State Kim Nguyen, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Plone Conference 2011 San Francisco, CA
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  What is PloneEdu? Purpose: Promoteopen source web publishing for all levels and types of education Goal: Provide opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing and support within the education sector
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  Benefits Greater leverage of resources  • Access to expertise and resources outside your organization • Assistance with questions and problems from experts • Development, training, and support efforts that serve everyone • A voice in prioritizing where to dedicate shared resources • Strong and lasting relationships with organizations that have similar needs and interests • Opportunity to contribute to the greater Plone community • A common platform and set of tools, standards, and best practices designed to meet the needs of education • Trusted advice from colleagues
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  Success Stories • Numerouswebsite improvement • Marketing efforts • Documentation development • Membership activities • Product releases and updates
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  Success Stories Website improvements ✓ 20 new case studies ✓ ~ 100 member profiles ✓ New documentation developed ✓ Initiatives areas expanded ✓ Projects identified and prioritized
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  Success Stories Marketing efforts ✓Developed marketing material ✓ Participated in HigherWebDev (2010 & 2011) ✓ Participated in PSE11 ✓ PSU Web Conference presentations ✓ Initiated greater integration w/ Plone.org ✓ Syndicated new feeds (plone.org, twitter) ✓ Updated product lists
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  Success Stories Documentation development ✓ 20 new case studies ✓ ~ 100 member profiles ✓ User guide ✓ Product descriptions ✓ Filling out the website with content
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  Success Stories Membership activities ✓~ 100 member profiles ✓ 20 new Case Studies ✓ Recruited Steering Team members (K-12 and HE) ✓ HE Conferences
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  Success Stories Product releasesand updates ✓ Developed K-12 buildout ✓ Developing research institutes templates ✓ Many products updated for Plone 4.x ✓ Helped Connexion w/ updates to 4.x
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  Challenges • How dowe get people to participate? • What would be of greatest value to the community? • What are some strategies to get people involved? • Whateffective? most communication channel would be
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  Things to DoNow • Join the group by filling out profile • http://weblion.psu.edu/ploneedu/community/join-ploneedu • Contribute a Case Study • http://weblion.psu.edu/ploneedu/community/case-studies/studies
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  What’s Next? ✓ Marketing and recruiting efforts ✓ Project virtual sprints ✓ Streaming user groups meetings ✓ Documentation development ✓ Plone Symposium East 2011
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  Contact Us ✓ ploneedu.org ✓ Mike Halm - [email protected] ✓ Kim Nguyen - [email protected] ✓ irc.freenode.net #weblion ✓ [email protected]
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  Questions & Discussion PloneEdu New Opportunities, New Frontiers Plone Conference 2011 San Francisco, CA