Kolibri is an adaptable set of open solutions specially developed to support learning for the half of the world without Internet access. Centered around an offline-first learning platform that runs on a variety of low-cost and legacy devices, the Kolibri Product Ecosystem includes a curricular tool, a library of open educational resources, and a toolkit of resources to support training and implementation in formal, informal, and non-formal learning environments.
Kolibri is being used in over 200 countries and territories around the world, and serving millions of learners and educators living in underserved contexts where the internet is costly, unreliable, or simply beyond reach.
THE KOLIBRI LEARNING PLATFORM - An overview
Runs on anything
To facilitate broad, low-cost adoption, the Kolibri Learning Platform is designed to run on as many devices and operating systems as possible, leveraging existing legacy hardware or low-cost off-the-shelf devices. This includes Windows, Linux and macOS. We're also building the Kolibri Learning Platform to run standalone as an Android app.
Supports self-paced learning
Track educational growth for individuals and groups of learners accurately and easily, even in informal educational contexts. The Kolibri Learning Platform comes with tools such as a coach dashboard, exam creation, exercises, assignment of content for differentiated instruction, and a recommendation tool that displays useful and relevant next steps based on a learner's history, progress, and goals.
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Enables syncing and sharing
Devices running the Kolibri Learning Platform can find and directly connect with each other over a local Wi-Fi network, allowing for easy content sharing and data syncing.
HOW DOES KOLIBRI REACH THE DISCONNECTED?
1. "Seeding" a Device
Kolibri installers, updates, and content can be downloaded once to a device in an area that has an Internet connection
2. Peer-to-Peer Distribution
That "seeded" device can then share new content and updates with other devices over an offline local network.
3. Last Mile via "Sneakernet"
To reach the most remote communities, a device can be carried by foot to share installers, updates, and content with other devices over local networks.
A LIBRARY OF DIGITAL RESOURCES READY TO ADAPT AND AUGMENT
THE KOLIBRI CONTENT LIBRARY
We've collected open or appropriately licensed resources from around the world for our Kolibri Content Library, where you can find over 80 educational collections of games, books, simulations, assessments, and more, from educational organizations and creators. Everything in the Library is ready for you to use as-is on Kolibri—but in order to get the most out of these materials, you are also invited to reorganize them: align them to your curriculum standards, select only specific sections, and/or pre-organize them for your learners and educators.
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ORGANIZING LEARNING RESOURCES FOR KOLIBRI
THE KOLIBRI STUDIO CURRICULAR TOOL
Our free, cloud-based tool, Kolibri Studio, gives you full control over the organization of the educational materials you intend to use on the Kolibri Learning Platform -- whether you want to upload your own, or use what's already available in our Kolibri Content Library. With tools to select and organize sets of resources, add descriptions and custom exercises, and flag them as learner- or coach-facing, Kolibri Studio is the place to bundle, remix, and describe materials to best meet your needs and those of the Kolibri users you are working with.
In 2021, we revamped Kolibri Studio as a core component of the product ecosystem to support scaled use of the tool. Studio continues to support curriculum alignment efforts, and we are making collections of learning resources pre-aligned to curricular standards in multiple countries readily available. If you’re working with government, nonprofit management, school administration, teacher leadership groups, or any others in charge of setting up an instance of Kolibri, we invite you to explore how our Kolibri Studio tool can contribute to the relevance and effectiveness of your project.
If you're working with government, nonprofit management, school administration, teacher leadership groups, or any others in charge of setting up an instance of Kolibri, we invite you to explore how our Kolibri Studio tool can contribute to the relevance and effectiveness of your project.
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