1. The NADRE services
Mr. Mario Torrisi (PI4 – Italy –
8 October 2018 – First NADRE Training Workshop – Gondar (Ethiopia)

2. NADRE services’ enablers Repository Agenda Forum Wiki
Outline
NADRE services’ enablers
Repository
Invenio
Agenda
Indico
Forum
Discourse
Wiki
MediaWiki
Platform for MOOCs
Open edX

3. NADRE services’ enablers

4. Repository
nadre.ethernet.edu.et

5. What is Invenio?
Is an open source digital library framework enabling you to run your own digital repository on the web.
Covers all the aspect of digital library management from document ingestion through classification, curation and dissemination
Complies with the Open Archive Initiative metadata harvesting protocol (OAI-PMH) and uses MARC 21 as bibliographic standard

6. Invenio purposes & features
Documents are organized in collections and sub-collections
A powerful search engine with specially indexes designed to provide Google like search speeds for repositories of up to 10,000,000 records
REST API to browse and/or upload records 
Customizable batch imports and web submission lines
Customizable output display and linking rules

7. Fulfilled requirements and other supportive facts
Open source
Distributed under an open license
Deployable on a local infrastructure (i.e., not a hosted service)
Well supported
Scalable, up to 107 records
Fully compliant with all most important library standards, such as, for example: DCMI, Marc21 and OAI-PMH
Co-developed by an international collaboration comprising institutes such as CERN, DESY, EPFL, FNAL, SLAC and used by tens of scientific institutions worldwide
INSPIRE, SCOAP3 and ZENODO (the OpenAIRE flagship archive) repositories are based on Invenio
UNESCO and UEMOA are leading an initiative to create a virtual library based on Invenio in 8 African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d' Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo)

8. Invenio vs. other platforms (some references)

9. NADRE Repository

10. Agenda
agenda.ethernet.edu.et

11. What is Indico?
Is a web based event organization platform, from the simplest lecture to the most complex conference
Is an open source collaboration hub at the heart of the organization's collaboration strategy
Is an archive of event metadata and related documents (minutes, slides, etc.)
Started as an European project (2002 – 2004), now is deployed in many institution around the world

12. Indico purposes & features
Manage the whole conference lifecycle
Web site management
Conference program definition
Call for abstract
Abstract selection, refereeing
Timetable setup
Slides and paper submission
Attendant registration, payments, badges
Paper reviewing
Evaluation form
Long term archive and proceedings
To know more about Indico, visit:  and

13. NADRE Agenda

14. Forum
discourse.ethernet.edu.et

15. Is a "civilized" discussion platform
What is Discourse?
Is an open source discussion platform, that you can use as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more
Is a "civilized" discussion platform
“Civilized” means that the community builds a natural immune system to defend itself form bad actors
Encourage positive behaviors with likes and badges
Most engaged members can assist community administrator
Hides all the complexity to the users and puts just the essential on the screen

16. Discourse purposes & features
Conversations, not pages
Dynamic notifications when someone mentions you in a conversation
Designed for mobile devices
Reply wherever you are online or via
Encourage positive community behaviours
Single Sign On 
Social login
To know more about Discourse visit: 

17. NADRE Forum

18. Wiki
nadrewiki.ethernet.edu.et

19. Is a free and open source software wiki package written in PHP
What is MediaWiki?
Is a free and open source software wiki package written in PHP
Is a collaborative platform which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it
Originally designed as CMS form Wikipedia, it is used also by Wikitionary, wikiHow and thousands of other websites

20. MediaWiki purposes & features
Is highly customizable, editing its PHP code or by using extensions
Is powerful and extremely scalable
Can handle massive server loads, managing contents collaboratively edited by thousands of users
Is intended to involve visitors in the process of creation and collaboration
To know more about MediaWiki visit: 

21. NADRE Wiki

22. Platform for MOOCs
courses.ethernet.edu.et

23. Consists of several modules, the most important ones are:
What is Open edX?
Is a free and open source course management system, originally developed by edX
Is used all over the world to host Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as smaller classes and training modules
Consists of several modules, the most important ones are:
Open edX Studio (CMS)
To build courses
Open edX Learning Management System (LMS)
Used by learners to access course contents

24. Open edX purposes & features
Different user types with different roles supported 
Reporting and analytics
Level of education
Student gradebook
Instructor dashboard
Etc.
Open edX Content Management Studio (CMS) tool with advanced course content creation and management features
To know more about Open edX, visit:  and

25. NADRE Platform for MOOCs

26. Thank you!
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