Adapt Open Source Framework for Multi-Device Elearning Launched by City & Guilds Kineo and Co-Founders
City & Guilds Kineo, Elearning Company of the Year and founder of the Adapt open source elearning framework, has announced the release of version 1.0 of the framework earlier this week.
Adapt is designed to solve a problem in elearning. Delivery to multiple devices including iPad, iPhone, Android and desktop is a must-do in most organisations. However, creating multiple versions for each device is expensive and difficult to maintain.
To overcome this, City & Guilds Kineo pioneered the concept of Responsive Elearning Design, which means one version of elearning that responds intelligently to the device it's viewed on.
To bring RED into the mainstream, in 2012 City & Guilds Kineo began the development of the Adapt Learning framework. It was created as a means of delivering responsive elearning design. It’s been delivered for clients including Network Rail, Compass, Scouts Association and TUI, among others.
In 2013, as passionate believers in Open Source, City & Guilds Kineo decided to make Adapt an open source project, so any organisation can download and access it. City & Guilds Kineo donated the framework in September 2013 and the collaborators on this project, including Learning Pool and Sponge UK, spent the last few months refactoring this framework to be more modular and built on a plug-in architecture.
On the launch of the framework, Sven Laux, City & Guilds Kineo Technical Director said: "We are delighted to release the Adapt Framework to the public. It has been a great collaborative effort and we hope it will have a big, positive impact on the elearning industry. The framework is free to use and modify. We would like to establish it as an industry standard while working on the authoring tool.”
Learning designers can get the Adapt code and join the community.
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More information is available on the City & Guilds Kineo website.
Learning professionals can have a conversation with City & Guilds Kineo about Adapt Learning, via e-mail request to [email protected].