WISE TECHNOLOGY LESSONS: MOVING FROM A LOCAL PROPRIETARY SYSTEM TO A GLOBAL OPEN SOURCE FRAMEWORK

Abstract

WISE is a software platform that enables easy authoring and exchange of educational materials amongst learning science researchers. This paper charts the recent evolution of the WISE technology, sharing lessons learned and describing a new open source framework called SAIL. We identify key challenges and design principles for technology- enhanced learning environments, and describe how we applied these principles to help WISE move from a single-developer codebase to an international open source codebase shared among multiple technology projects. Finally, we discuss the new types of com- munity this transition fosters.