BlueSky Open Platform

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Apache BlueSky
Original author(s) Xi'an Jiaotong University and IBM
Developer(s) Apache Software Foundation
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Distance learning collaboration tool
License Apache License 2.0
Website incubator.apache.org/bluesky/

BlueSky Open Platform was an open-source software e-learning project designed to balance education resources between well-developed Chinese cities and poor regions of China. It was a collaboration between Xi'an Jiaotong University and IBM. In 2006 BlueSky won the China National Science and Technology Progress Award. [1]

According to Apache, the project has been retired since July 2011. [2]

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References

  1. Professor Zheng Qinghua, Xi’an Jiaotong University, cited in "IBM's Corporate Responsibility Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  2. "Apache Bluesky Incubation Status - Apache Incubator". incubator.apache.org. Retrieved 2024-07-03.