The Alicanto Cloud: A new model for open and social learning

The world’s best practices, shared worldwide.

May 2, 2023

Alicanto Cloud: A New Model for Social Learning

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The Alicanto Cloud Team

Boston Children’s Hospital & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Division of Clinical Informatics,

Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospitals

Director, Global Health InformaticsDivision of Clinical InformaticsBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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The Challenge

Each year, 6 million children die worldwide, mainly from preventable causes.

Wikimedia Commons CC-BY http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABoston_Collage_4.png

This is greater than the population of the entire Metro Boston area.

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The Challenge

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OPENPediatrics Project HistoryProject launched with downloadable Adobe Air app.

September 2012

Version 1 of the OPENPediatrics website launched.

April 2014

Current version of OPENPediatrics website launched using Alicanto Cloud.

June 2016

Microsoft Education Tech Award Laureate

November 2015

Outstanding Web Site/Web Marketing Association

September 2016

Innovations in Kidney Education Award

November 2016

MITX Interactive Award in eLearning for ventilator simulator

May 2012

MITX Innovation Visionary Award

May 2013

KM Reality Award.October 2014 Award for Open Education

Excellence/Creative Innovation

February 2017

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AlicantoThe legend says that the alicanto's wings shine during the night with beautiful, metallic colors, and their eyes emit strange lights; making a luminous flight that exposes those hidden in shade in the desert.

This bird brings luck to any miner who sees it. Alicantos live in small caves between hills containing minerals, and feed on gold and silver.

If the lucky miner follows an alicanto without being caught, they can find silver or gold.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicanto

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OPENPediatrics on the Alicanto CloudLaunched June 22, 2016

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MADCaP on the Alicanto CloudLaunched February 2017

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The LMS & MOOC Model

Course A

• Content• Learning Activities• Forum

Course B


Course C


Course D


Course E


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The Alicanto Cloud Model

Library

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Groups

Profiles

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The Alicanto Cloud Model• Social first

• Persistent social connections • Learners can create and manage groups• 1:1 and group video chat available• Events section to track live and virtual event of interest to the

community

• Built for open• Most content, resources can be public/registered users

only/clinicians only/private• Supports multiple licenses on a per resource basis• Supports content download• Built on Drupal• LTI compliant

• Collects robust learning analytics• Every question response and quiz score tracked• Simulators track thousands of data points per user

• Global and mobile• Responsive design• Bandwidth-sensitive video streaming and videoconferencing• Companion mobile app in the roadmap

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Profiles

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Library

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Videos, Comments and Transcripts

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SimulatorsMechanical Ventilator Simulator Peritoneal Dialysis Simulator

Hemodialysis Simulator

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Guided Learning Pathways

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Groups

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My OP Page

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My Learning Page

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My Colleagues Page

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Community Growth• ~ 70k total visits per month, up from ~50k• Accelerating community growth

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Group Usage

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Course Playlists

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Development Roadmap

• Improvements to groups• More flexible formats• Better document handling• Improvements to videoconfernecing

• Improved reporting

• LMS improvements• Expanded content types• Expanded question types

• Learning administrator functions• Design courses• Enroll and manage students

• Continuing Medical Education support• E-commerce• Better certificate handling

• AI powered search

• Badges, gamification

The world’s best practices, shared worldwide.

Thank you.

Slide master photo credit: Gates Foundation CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 http://bit.ly/1IepmyK

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SimulatorsHarvard

Tufts

Stanford