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Amy Yates's avatar

I’m creating an open access video library for health (starting with physical and structural) that includes tons of assessments, exercises, treatment protocols etc. A cool thing with open source and open access is that the user needs more skills and that skill building can be (like for health) an important part of realizing whatever goal. Outsourcing health in expensive, inefficient and impersonal

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Great article. I don't know how "open source" this is, but being an Instructional Designer who supports small business in course creation. (think healers, bodyworkers, herbalists, spiritual teachers, coaches) SO MANY have been convinced that Meta is the place to do course content and the subsequent "community" aspects of it, including CRM. It isn't. In fact from a Learning Management System standpoint, it is garbage, from a CRM standpoint it is even bigger garbage. So many people have zero customer data other than FB/IG followers and if that goes away tomorrow they are left with no way to run their business. So I am helping people understand there are much better alternatives out there. I have researched and used several LMS systems (designed for this type of user, not enterprise). One I found recently is Sutra and I really like the vision, what I can see about the founders, and while not quite "open" they have a free community tier, and support pay what you can options (and the ability for those with more to pay more so those with less can take the course for a low or no fee) for courses people create. Their mission is "The heart of Sutra is awareness in action

Our mission is to create a global ecosystem of relational learning spaces that invite humanity, meaningful connection, and shared understanding. We do this by providing educators with tools and resources to create powerful group experiences. We believe there has never been a greater need for presence and our aspiration is to build software that fosters mutual support and empathy through dialogue, co-creation, and learning."

Back to you and your knowledge it would be wonderful to dive into the fact that people who have businesses DO NOT need Meta to be successful.

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