An open source project that lets individuals and organisations provide their educational resources, websites and apps to users offline.
Build your ownAn open source, community driven project to keep EdTech in the hands of educators.
Add your own EdTech application, website or resource, directly through your browser.
Stick it in your pocket and take it where it needs to be. With hardware from as little as $15USD, you can afford to leave it there too. Want to update it later? Bring your new content on a USB Drive and add it on-site.
A multilingual interface translated by people like you makes the Learner’s Block accessible to everyone.
A lightweight, durable operating system with automatic updates keeps your Block going as long as you do.
Take your existing website or app offline with a built-in web server and support for Docker containers. Upload through your browser and benefit from all your hard work right in your pocket.
A new breed of organisation is changing the shape of industries the world over. Community built, community led, community focused projects leave behind the market-based principles and politics that have so often constrained the education sector. Through the Learner’s Block we thrive to keep EdTech truly open, free and in the hands of the education community.
Delta updates mean your device will only download the bytes that have changed, reducing the bandwidth demand for low-resource contexts
Compatible hardware starts at 100mA enabling use of portable and renewable energy sources
A wide variety of chipset architectures allows you to use a wide variety of hardware
A Yocto operating system, optimised Docker daemon and Alpine container technology reduces the footprint necessary to provide your services
A read-only root filesystem and atomic updates to handle power outages and sudden shutdowns
Open-source licenses allow you to host and manage your own fleet of devices
Why choose just one EdTech solution when you can benefit from them all? Use the App Store on your Learner’s Block for one-click installation of your favourite EdTech platforms.
Order your choice of hardware from as little as $15USD directly from the manufacturer and install the Learner’s Block software.
Connect to the Block’s Wi-Fi hotspot through your phone, tablet or computer.
Upload your files, website, app or content from our Library directly to the Block through your web browser.
Allow multiple users to connect, view and download through a user-friendly, multilingual interface.
When we say that Learner’s Block is open source, we really mean it. You can even download the design files of our cases and print them yourself. Save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.
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Learner’s Block runs an instance of Portainer - an open source container management tool - allowing you to deploy micro-services that can run any software you can imagine in its own isolated environment. Need a web backend? Want to run your own app? No problem.
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