The Open Learning Exchange (OLE) is committed to ensuring that everyone, especially children, has access to a high-quality basic education. We collaborate with community-based entrepreneurs, educators, and practitioners worldwide to promote effective and affordable learning systems for everyone. We believe this will lead to more productive lives, communities, and nations, and to the possibility of a peaceful world.
OLE’s mission is to ensure learning for all, not only universal basic literacy and numeracy, but also vital knowledge and skills acquisition in the areas of health, nutrition, community development. Since 2007, OLE International has helped establish Open Learning Communities for children, adolescents, and young adults, including those whose lives have been disrupted by violent conflicts. Today there are OLE affiliates in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Personalized Learning And Networked Enabled Teams (Planet) is a multilingual learning system and library with thousands of educational resources including books, videos, and educational games. The system also includes software tools for content and student management, student evaluation and monitoring, and Courses creation.
At it's core, Planet is a repository of free, open access, and public domain resources designed to support learners of all ages and backgrounds. Resources of all kinds (literature, health, science, math, etc.), in various languages (English, Somali, Swahili, Arabic, Spanish, etc.), and in various formats (text, audio, video) are continually being added to Planet.
The Planet system operates in the cloud but can also be configured to run locally, such as on a Raspberry Pi server. This setup allows access to the system in areas with unreliable or no internet connection, and the Raspberry Pi’s low power requirements make it suitable for power-limited environments, even when using a power bank.
Planet facilitates frequent assessments of learners, leaders, and administrators. It also promotes the evaluation and effectiveness of the learning resources. Robust usage feedback metrics make Planet a powerful tool for those overseeing monitoring and evaluation of the education system.
Under the Planet system, there are two types of structures: Nations and Communities.
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Nations
- Nations always exist in the cloud and require an internet connection to access.
- Each Nation serves as a central repository for the Community or a group of communities that it serves.
- Different Nations cannot connect to each other.
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Communities
- A Community is a local installation of the Planet system.
- A Community does not require an internet to access.
- Users can connect to a Community using any device with access to a web browser, such as a tablet, computer, etc. The connection is established via a router through a locally configured intranet.
- Each Community connects periodically to a Nation via internet in order to receive new materials and to upload user metrics.
- A Community is not able to connect to other Communities.
The nations may store thousands of Resources in many formats and languages. Unique collections of Resources can be selected and downloaded into each Community from the Nation. This gives a Learner a personalized approach to his or her education.
To be able to use PLANET you need to be part of the system. The first thing you will see on PLANET is the Login page. To learn more about becoming part of PLANET and using it please follow the link.
When you are inside PLANET you will see different features available.
The list of features along with their explanations is given below.
The Community page allows you to connect with like-minded individuals to expand your knowledge and creativity. Here, you can check for new events, join ongoing ones, or create your own using our calendar feature. Please note that the Community tab is only available within a community Planet.
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The Library is home to the community's collection of media and other resources. Click here to learn more about Library.
The Courses page allows you to create and join various courses on a wide range of topics. Click here to learn more about Courses.
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Surveys is where you can create your survey and send it to others. Click here to learn more about Surveys.
Here you will be able to create teams and communicate with them, offer courses, and organize members. Click here to learn more about Teams.
Meetups is where you can coordinate meetups by creating them, joining them and more! Click here to learn more about Meetups.
News is where you can view any posts made by any users. Click here to learn more about News.
The Achievement is where you can add your achievements. Click here to learn more about Achievements.
Throughout planet, you will be able to give feedback on planet, courses, and more. Click here to learn more about Feedback.
The Manager role comes with another set of administrative features. This includes viewing reports, syncing the community with the nation, and performing upgrades on the community. Click here to learn more.
The Community page allows you to connect with like-minded individuals to expand your knowledge and creativity. Here, you can check for new events, join ongoing ones, or create your own using our calendar feature. Please note that the Community* tab is only available within a community Planet.