Backstage

Strategic Education Initiatives in MIT’s Office of Digital Learning has been developing service models that can be used to support and manage these kinds of educational content. We have been prototyping applications (for users) and content related services (for applications) that implement these service models. We are calling this combination of applications and content-related services Backstage.

Our vision is to support the design and development of digital learning content regardless of where it is delivered. We are developing a set of tools and services, that exist alongside existing delivery environments, to enable universities to manage the development of course content, assessments, video and other resources.