EDU 2.0By Debra

Barber

EDU 2.0 is an online learning management system created by Graham Glass in 2006.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California

Background Information

What is EDU 2.0 ? Powerful e-learning platform that is

comparable to Blackboard, Desire2Learn, & Moodle

Has over 600,000 users(administrators, teachers, students, & parents)

Cloud-based with unlimited storage ability

Free and Premium Plans available

Ease of Use & Visual Appeal

Homepage is modeled on Facebook with access to your classes, groups, online friends, activities, and assignments due

Video-hosting Accessible via mobile devices

(iPhones, iPads, iPods, Androids) Typical instructor homepages include:

class activity feeds lessons calendar forums blogs wikis images; audio; text/html;

slideshows; videos

Additional Features of EDU 2.0

Allows import of content from Moodle Google Apps integration Allows multiple school sites to be

networked into a single district or “campus”

Free plan allows up to 2,000 student users

Parent accounts

Skype for video conferencing Wikis & Blogs Discussion Forums & Chatrooms Language Translator Email integration

Communication & Collaboration Tools

User Support

“Community Support Forum” -provides help, advice, and support to users using the “free plan”.

“Premium Support Forum” – provides help, advice, and technical support to users using EDU 2.0’s premium plan.

http://www.edu20.org