WordPress

Word­Press start­ed as a blog­ging sys­tem, but has evolved to be used as full con­tent man­age­ment sys­tem and so much more through the thou­sands of plu­g­ins and wid­gets and themes. OpenETC (Open Edu­ca­tion Tech­nol­o­gy Col­lab­o­ra­tive) is a com­mu­ni­ty of edu­ca­tors, tech­nol­o­gists, and design­ers shar­ing their exper­tise to fos­ter and sup­port open infra­struc­ture for the BC post-sec­ondary sec­tor.

No con­tracts or agree­ments are required to join us, just a will­ing­ness and abil­i­ty to active­ly par­tic­i­pate in our col­lec­tive endeav­or to: a) encour­age tech­no­log­i­cal auton­o­my and pro­vide ways for stu­dents, fac­ul­ty and insti­tu­tions to own and con­trol their own data; b) low­er the bar­ri­er to par­tic­i­pa­tion on the open web for BC fac­ul­ty and stu­dents and c) pro­vide a more sus­tain­able ed tech infra­struc­ture to BC high­er edu­ca­tion that gives insti­tu­tions more con­trol over their tools.

The OpenETC offers Word­Press-pow­ered sites with a curat­ed col­lec­tion of plu­g­ins, wid­gets, and themes and also allows you to cre­ate a new site from Word­Press tem­plates. All you need is a BC post-sec­ondary email (stu­dents or instruc­tors).

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