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Epsilen
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Epsilen places social networking and ePortfolio in the center of eLearning and CMS creating a totally new environment for the next generation of learners and professionals.
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No stable release available yet.
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Upcoming and alpha/beta/candidate releases
- Alpha releases should only be used for testing and development.
- Beta releases and Release Candidates are normally released for production testing, but should not be used on mission-critical sites.
- Always install on a separate test server first, and make sure you have proper backups before installing.
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Project page| What is Epsilen? |
| Epsilen places social networking and ePortfolio in the center of eLearning and CMS creating a totally new environment for the next generation of learners and professionals. Some current Epsilen users describe Epsilen as an academic "MySpace" and "FaceBook," connecting peers to share knowledge and exchange objects. Epsilen is also a comprehensive software package that provides wide-ranging tools and services that students and professionals need for their day-to-day learning, teaching, and networking. The only requirement to use Epsilen is a computer (PC or Mac) with Internet connection. Epsilen contains software packages for ePortfolio, Course Management System (Personal CMS), lifelong repository, e-mail, blog, social and professional networking, groups, personal portal, and career management. Also think of Epsilen as your lifelong personal cyberspace that travels with you between schools and colleges during and after your formal education. How does Epsilen work? Epsilen members’ collections(files, courses, etc) and data are securely stored in a remote central database accessible from school, home, work, or anywhere via the Internet. An Epsilen member has total control for sharing his personal portfolio and collections with schoolmates, teachers, or potential employers, as well as social and professional groups. Additionally, each Epsilen member has a personal Web site (ePortfolio) with a lifelong Web address (URL). See examples of Epsilen ePortfolio sites: Selected Examples , Alaska , Oregon , IUPUI. Upon sign-in, an Epsilen member may access any of a number of internal application software packages and tools. Within the Epsilen Environment is an ePortfolio management software package where members can create and maintain personal ePortfolios and Web sites, where teachers can use the Course Management System (CMS) to put course content online so students receive complementary learning material and can interact with classmates outside the classroom, and where members can use the extensive resume and career builder software to create resumes or curriculum vita (CV) and produce career portfolios. Furthermore, the networking software built into the Epsilen Environment can intuitively connect students, faculty, and professionals according to their academic, professional, and social communities. Imagine that in a mature Epsilen environment a faculty member can automatically determine how many professors from other schools throughout the world are teaching the same course or are sharing their learning objects. This may create new opportunities for the research and professional community within the same interest group. Imagine that students can participate in various global learning groups besides those within their campus, and envision that those students may also dynamically learn about potential job opportunities matched with their academic and career interests, sharing their portfolios for job placement throughout the world. Other Epsilen Benefit$ The Epsilen design is also based on a new economic model that offers a cost-effective solution for schools, colleges, and university administrators seeking to reduce the increasing costs of IT services. Using the Epsilen hosted model, schools are no longer required to locally maintain computer servers to host software nor retain numerous technical experts for day-to-day technical support. Indeed, Epsilen offers many tools within one package that substantially reduces the combined cost of software obtained separately from various vendors. Using the Epsilen hybrid open source model, Epsilen can interface with the campus Student Information System databases for dynamic creation and maintenance of member accounts, ePortfolios, and course accounts. Major software tools available within the Epsilen Environment As illustrated in Figure 1, the software packages within the Epsilen Environment include:
Figure 1: Epsilen Environment Framework Epsilen is the result of five years of research and development activities at the CyberLab, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. Epsilen is being proposed as a new model and software framework for the next generation of lifelong learners and professionals. Free beta accounts are available at www.Epsilen.com . Limited institutional licensing is available to colleges and universities through the Indiana University Office of Technology transfer before expected commercialization of Epsilen Inc. in 2007. For more information, please contact Professor Ali Jafari, Epsilen PI and System architect (e-mail: jafari@iupui.edu, phone: 317.274.4565, ePortfolio: http://jafari.iupui.Epsilen.com). Epsilen is a copyrighted product and registered trademark, Trustees of Indiana University, 2000-2006. For more information, please visit www.Epsilen.com. |