A bit about us and our values

EDIA was founded in 2004 and is a leading international development and support organisation for best-of-breed educational open source applications. We specialise in the development and implementation ofeducational software. Within the field of educational software, we focus on adaptive learning content basedon student models, virtual learning environments and the integration of these technologies.

Our products and services are compliant with e-learning standards such as IMS, QTI and Scorm. Edia deliversproducts and services to secondary education, higher education and commercial organisations. Our team ofprofessionals is well capable of developing high quality software using an integrated view on ICT and Pedagogy.

 

We believe that accessible education and knowledge sharing is key to the improvement of the lives of people worldwide.

 

What makes our hearts beat faster

Digital technology has a huge potential to improve education and learning methods. Unfortunately in manycases technology gets implemented with a lack of vision and specific knowledge. Too often we see promisingnew learning methods suffer from a lack of technical know how and software developers with no knowledgeof didactics jump in and produce education applications that are virtually useless. This results in a situationwhere the potential of technology is not reached, or worse still, that there is skepticism about thedeployment of technology in education. For this reason EDIA develops education technology that is relevantand sustainable. We achieve this by designing applications with the end user in mind and creatively combiningour knowledge and experience in the fields of education, didactics, education institutes, didactics and digitaltechnology.

Our mission

We want people to have a better opportunity to develop themselves. We hope to achieve this by scaffoldingcognitive learning processes, provide improved access to information and knowledge, help learners connectwith experts, teachers or peers and inspire our stakeholders by sharing our knowledge and insights.

Why we support open source software

EDIA supports open source initiatives because we believe in the innovative power of community development.Open source software allows education institutions to jointly take control of mission critical software.Currently, institutions in the education space are increasingly aware of the inherent benefits and flexibilityof an open source IT-strategy and the possibility of collaboration and knowledge exchange between renownedinstitutions on a global scale. Open source education technology is available for everything from learning tofinance to research systems and schools and college continue to adopt open source software for missioncritical applications at an increasing rate. With increasing adoption of open source, a growing demand hasemerged for dedicated and specialised support of open source technology.



This overview will give you an idea of the organisations we have helped since our start in 2004.

We create relevant education technology

 

 

We invent

If it doesn’t exist, we create it

Well; sometimes we do. Honestly; only if we think it is relevant or worth the effort. In some cases we have developed completely new software and learning methods. Sometimes we create new solutions by simply combining what’s already out there in a complete new fashion. Take for instance 'Knowble'. The online language learning method. Designed and developed by us as an online language learning solution for illiterate. Today the Knowble technology is widely used by publishers and integrated with some of the largest language learning methods in the Netherlands.

Intelligence uses what is known to solve problems. Creativity uses what is unknown to discover possibilities

The past eight years we also created more than thirty new tools for Sakai; the community source, educational software platform. Tools that have improved the platforms of our clients. It’s in our nature to challenge the status quo and to look beyond boundaries. Anything is possible but not everything is useful.

We create relevant education technology

 

 

Consultancy, advice and project management by Edia

We love big ideas!

We build stuff that matters. Stuff with value. But that's not where it all starts. Building ‘stuff’ is the final phase of a project. It’s the result of a solid plan which is the logical next step of a big idea. And big ideas erupt from a clear vision. But that’s a lot easier said than done. It takes a lot of small steps to make agiant leap. And that’s where we kick inn; To help you realise what you envision with our knowledge, experience, creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. By asking questions before giving the answers; ‘Why is this important’? How will this contribute to what’? ‘What's the benefit’? Then we fill in the details.

If we know your ‘why’ we can tell you ‘how’ before we make your ‘what’

How?

Well; we will get comfortable, serve you a coffee and then we talk. We ask questions. Tonnes of questions. Systematically. To get to the bottom of things. We need to find out what it is you actually need; Support? Technical advice? Didactical advice? A new or existing technical solution? Project management or a combination of things? There are a thousand paths that lead to the same destination. But what path to take? We can tell you if we know what your final destination is.

After one or more interviews we will write down our findings and send you a draft proposal or advice. We will make sure you understand every part of our feedback. If you are happy with our proposal we will decide together if you want us to take things into a next phase. That’s where we get concrete: costs, deliverables, time paths; the works. Usually pretty extensive documents. You will know exactly what to expect, what kind of guarantees you will get and most important; how your stakeholders will benefit from it.

This approach worked well for many people we helped the past eight years. This overview will give you an idea.

We create relevant education technology

 

 

Helping the people who help people

We are very proud of this overview of clients and partners. These are all organisations who directly or indirectly help people. Organisations who put or have put their trust in us. Behind each logo is a remarkable story. Stories that are waiting to be shared. Soon... Until then ask us. We will be happy tell you the stories in person and to share our experiences with you.

Educational institutions

Publishers

Companies

Public institutions

News

Welcome to our 'temporary' website. Our previous site became obsolete. The final version of our new website still needs a lot of work. So, until we finish the real deal, this spot will provide you with all the basic information about EDIA. The most valuable link is in the top right. It's named 'contact'. Feel free to use it. We look forward to getting in touch with you.

Contact

Based in the historical city centre of the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam. Edia is at walking distance from the central train station, which connects to Schiphol international airport in 15 minutes.

info@edia.nl
t: 0031 (0)20 716 36 12
f: 0031 (0)20 716 36 13

Our postal address:
P.O. box 14573
1001 LB Amsterdam

Our office is located at:
Egelantiersstraat 143
1015 RA Amsterdam

We create relevant education technology