HarvestRoad helped establish the Latin American ADL Partner Co Lab with ADL, the Mexican 

Department of Education and our client the Latin American Institute of Educational Communication 

(ILCE). 

A 12 month pilot with the ADL partner Co Lab in Canada for the LOR requirements of the Canadian 

Defence Force 

In May 2005 HarvestRoad established a twelve month Global Learning Object Repository collaboration 

initiative with Apple Computer , the Etech Group and several US and UK schools 

HarvestRoad is a Partner with Moodle, the open source Learning Management System gaining 

extensive worldwide traction.  HarvestRoad Hive  is the Moodle preferred and recommended Learning 

Object Repository solution. 

HarvestRoad is a corporate affiliate member of the Sakai community and recently established a Latin 

American open source affiliation and partnership for the National University of Mexico( UNAM)   over 

250,000 students   with Sakai and Sun Microsystems 

HarvestRoad is a corporate member of IMS Global and contributes regularly to specification 

development 

HarvestRoad is a Core Member of the European eLearning Industry Group (eLIG), an open consortium 

of 43 leading ICT (information and communications technology) companies and eLearning content 

providers who seek to promote eLearning throughout Europe, in schools, universities, the workplace 

and homes. 

URL http://www.harvestroad.com 

Outline of 

HarvestRoad Hive  is an independent, federated Learning Object Repository.  It has all the attributes of 

Products 

commercial repositories plus many more powerful features.  It is the product of 9 years of experience 

developing web based content and learning object management systems.  It is used to store, manage and 

deliver content in any form, particularly when that content needs to be delivered to a geographically or 

functionally dispersed user base, or where content is used within integrated web based applications.  Much 

of the ongoing development of the product is driven by the client centric focus HarvestRoad invests in its 

software development. 

HarvestRoad Hive  will manage any form of digital content as granular or compound objects; it is 

independent of Authoring / Design tools and delivery tools such as Learning Management Systems and 

Enterprise Resource Systems.  It is designed to be interoperable with other Learning Object Repositories 

and in this way it establishes a content bridge between islands of content stored within and across multiple 

institutions or organisations, regardless of the type of content or its purpose.  This powerful feature gives 

organisations choice and a content management migration path which protects their investment if they 

choose to move from one Learning Management System or Learning Object Repository to another. 

HarvestRoad Hive  is used to store and manage learning objects and their metadata, assemble these into 

standards compliant packages, and deliver them on demand to learning and course management systems, 

corporate training systems or web portals. 

Key features include: 

Version control

   controlled editing in collaborative situations   know that you are using the 

correct or latest version of a file at all times 

Workflow

   structured and flexible workflow attributes to implement quality processes for content 

maintenance 

Metadata management

   the ability to customise to your specific needs 

Access and Permissions

   ensuring the right person can access the right file 

Copyright

   protecting Intellectual Property 

Flexible content rendering

   delivering content in alternative formats to different user interfaces, 

i.e. web browsers and other devices including PDAs 

Rapid content publishing, assembly and disassembly

 of learning objects for true reuse 

incorporating the JISC RELOAD Editor 

Distributed caching

   supporting scalable, responsive and rapid delivery of content to portals, 

learning management systems and other applications across the networks 

Content sharing, reuse and repurposing

   to make the most of your investment 

In summary, HarvestRoad Hive  may be used to manage the process by which content is created, quality 

controlled, published and delivered to Learning Management Systems.  It may be used to describe any type 

of business document, and manage content over its lifecycle.  HarvestRoad Hive  is independent and can 

be integrated with authoring tools and content delivery systems of your choice. 

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