CoFIND

CoFIND LTSN-ICS

CoFIND LTSN-ICS was funded by the LTSN-ICS as a means of building a collaborative resource database for the learning and teaching of computing.

A working version of the CoFIND LTSN-ICS system intended for the use of learners of computing may be found at http://ltsn.cofind.net

If you are interested in learning or teaching some aspect of computing, feel free to log in and use the system. All feedback appreciated.

Source code

If you wish to install the system on your own server you may download the current development version from here Note that this is still under development and is not yet perfect.

To run CoFIND you will need a server running PHP 4.x and MySQL 3.x. It should work with at least Apache and IIS. Note for admins: the registerglobals setting in PHP.INI should be set to "on" (the default in versions of PHP up to 4.2.0)

If you are running CoFIND, please mail Jon Dron with any comments or suggestions.

What is CoFIND?

A self-organising directory of Web-based resources created by learners for learners (and anyone else who cares)

Self-organising processes shape the presentation of resources. CoFIND’s structure literally evolves, moulded by forces of natural selection and stigmergy.

CoFIND has been developed since 1998 using ASP with an MS Access database as part of my research for my PhD
It was intended primarily as a research tool to investigate mechanisms for self-organisation in networked learning environments.
This is the first version intended to be usable by a larger community. It is based on principles learnt from the earlier experiments but with the help of the LTSN-ICS development fund it has been completely redesigned for a wider audience and rewritten using PHP and MySQL.

You may learn more about CoFIND and the principles which drive it from various papers and presentations at http://www.cofind.net