Meet the ChatGPT XBlock for the Open edX® LMS
Hi, I’m Dean from ABC Online Courses. We are always striving to enhance the learning experience for our clients using the Open edX® platform. That's why we are excited to announce our newest development: the Open edX® XBlock that runs ChatGPT inside your online...
UNESCO Open Learning Upgrades to Olive
UNESCO Open Learning has upgraded to the latest (15th) community edition of the Open edX® platform, named Olive, which replaces the Nutmeg version released 6 months prior. In this article we review three of the most important improvements to the Open Learning platform...
The Number #1 Business School in Odisha, India Chooses ABC Online Courses
In January 2021 the Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) contacted ABC Online Courses via the Open edX® website referral form to enquire about our Open edX® services and we are proud to be chosen as their Open edX® service partner. XIMB is the number #1...
What is Open edX and How Does Open edX Work?
What is Open edX? Open edX is the world's best open source e-learning software created in 2012 by scientists at MIT and Harvard University including Piotr Mitros and Anant Agarwal. Some people call it a learning management system (LMS) but that is just one of the...
The Methodist Church Chooses ABC Online Courses as Open edX Service Provider
In 2020 the Methodist Church made the decision to upgrade their open source learning management system (LMS) from Moodle to Open edX. We at ABC Online Courses are proud to be chosen as the Open edX service partner to the Methodist Church to manage this upgrade. The...
UNESCO Launches Open Learning Built on the Open edX Platform
In 2020 UNESCO launched Open Learning, the latest major Open edX platform to be built by a world-leading organisation. By using the Open edX platform UNESCO joins a long list of the world's leading organisations who already host online training courses at scale using...
World’s Number #1 EYD College Chooses ABC Online Courses as Open edX Service Provider
For over 100 years Norland has been educating the child carers of the most famous royal households on earth. In 2020, Norland chose ABC Online Courses as their Open edX service provider. Founded in 1892 by Emily Ward in London (UK), Norland now trains the world's most...
Payne Seminary (USA) Chooses ABC Online Courses as Open edX Service Provider
Payne Theological Seminary is the oldest African-American seminary in the USA. ABC Online Courses travelled to Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio, USA to develop mobile apps for their college based on the Open edX software. Ready to Get Started with Open edX?
TV presenter Sarah Pilla Interviews Our Founder at the Open edX Conference 2019 in San Diego, USA!
In May 2020 our founder travelled to USA to attend the Open edX Conference 2020 in San Diego, California. The conference was hosted by University of California San Diego and was the largest Open edX conference to date. We filmed an amazing set of interviews at the...
Christies Care (UK) Chooses ABC Online Courses as Open edX Service Provider
In December 2018, the team at ABC Online Courses were chosen by Christies Care to install, theme, customise and manage their new Open edX platform. The Christies Care Open edX platform will be used to train over 400 employees per year all across the UK. On 19 March,...
Open edX List ABC as Official Service Partner!
Open edX have listed ABC Online Courses as Service Partners on their new website! View the listing here: Open edX by ABC We are happy to announce that ABC has been listed as an Open edX Service Partner amongst other leading Service Partners such as Pearson Education....
ABC Install Open edX Hawthorn
We are happy to say that ABC has successfully installed the latest version of Open edX named Hawthorn. "We have been using Open edX Hawthorn to train our sales team online for a little over a month now. My team is enjoying the layout of Open edX courses and find it...
ABC Attends Open edX Conference 2018 in Montréal, Canada
ABC was inspired by this year's Open edX Conference in Montréal, Canada which was hosted by Université de Montréal, HEC Montréal, and Polytechnique Montréal, the three founding institutions behind EDUlib. From ABC, CEO Dean Jay Mathew and CTO Isanka Wijerathne were...
South African National Botanical Society Chooses ABC Online Courses as Open edX Service Provider
ABC are serious supporters of environmental education. As such, we are committed members of the Botanical Society of South Africa (BotSoc) headquartered at the world-famous Kirstenbosch Gardens. In 2018, ABC was honoured to receive an invitation from Zaitoon Rabaney,...
Stellenbosch University Hires Us!
In 2017 we were honoured to receive the contract to serve Stellenbosch University by filming their 2-day "Decolonising Sport Historical Themes Conference". In addition we worked with faculty to introduce Open edX to their students, to help them prepare for their final...
South African Police Museum Chooses ABC Online Courses as Open edX Service Provider
In 2017 we partnered with the South African Police Service Museum on a research project to test and measure the benefits of online education for the museum employees and their visitors.Why?In order to reach wider audiences and engage better with 21st century learners,...
ABC’s Founder Speaks at Open edX Conference 2016
Our company's founder travelled to speak at the Open edX Conference 2016 hosted by Stanford University in California, USA. You can watch the video on the official Open edX YouTube channel here, or conveniently watch it below:
We Translate a HarvardX Course
In 2015 the launch of IndonesiaX changed the world of online education in Indonesia. With over 200,000 learners registering in its first year, there was widespread media attention. The Jakarta Post, the most famous newspaper and online news website in Indonesia posted...
IndonesiaX Features on the edX Blog
In early 2016 our company's founder was featured on the edX blog. The blog post highlights one of the world's best Open edX websites which we launched in 2015. You can view the blog post by edX here or read a copy of it on this page below: IndonesiaX is Indonesia’s...
CNN Features IndonesiaX
On August 17th 2015 our company's founder launched IndonesiaX, one of the world's first national education platforms powered by the Open edX platform. It was launched on August 17th 2015 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia's independence...