Blog: LMS, Open edX & AI Agent Insights
Practical guides, lessons from real projects and news about online learning.
Learning analytics · Sep 30, 2026
Open edX Analytics: A Practical Guide to Learning Data and Panorama
What data Open edX generates, how to ask the right questions, what learner behavior reveals, and how Panorama brings learning analytics to staff and students inside Open edX.
By Andrés González · 10 min
Infrastructure · Sep 1, 2026
Upgrade took 1 hour. Preparation took 2 months. Lessons learned from a migration.
An Open edX migration across nine major releases: 500GB MongoDB, squashed data migrations, videos in GridFS, charsets, Meilisearch and a one-hour cutover window.
By Andrés González · 13 min
AI in education · Jul 23, 2026
AI Doesn’t Need More Pilots. It Needs Organizations That Learn Better.
The real advantage in the age of AI won’t come from adopting more tools, but from building the capability to learn from every experiment. The Spark AI Learning Loop™.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 5 min
Infrastructure · Jan 29, 2026
10 Practical Tips for a Scalable, Stable, and Cost-Efficient Kubernetes Cluster
Lessons from running Open edX and Owly in production: databases, StatefulSets, availability zones, requests and limits, Karpenter, HPA, PDBs and probes.
By Andrés González · 7 min
AI in education · Jan 21, 2026
Starting a New Year in the Age of AI
Between promise, pressure and pragmatism: how organizations can approach AI without falling into all-or-nothing thinking.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 4 min
Choosing an LMS · Dec 4, 2025
When “Cheap” Gets Expensive: The Hidden Cost of LMS Security
Why comparing learning platforms on price alone can leave a backdoor open to your data, and how to compare LMS security apples to apples.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 3 min
AI in education · Nov 26, 2025
The New Baseline for AI Education
AI in education needs solid foundations: why a robust LMS like Open edX is the new baseline, a free tool to check your Open edX version, and new university partners.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 4 min
Choosing an LMS · Oct 20, 2025
“Bad, but Used to It”: From Resignation to Educational Innovation
Why so many institutions stay on learning platforms that don’t serve them, and a simple, low-risk way to break the inertia and modernize.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 3 min
AI in education · Oct 8, 2025
From Hype to Meaning: Building Owly, Our First AI Agent for Education
The journey from curiosity to creation: how we built Owly, an AI agent for learning management, what it can do today and what we learned.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 3 min
Events · Feb 21, 2025
Aulasneo at IFE 2025: Notes and Perspectives
IFE 2025 in Monterrey: Art, Education, and Future. The conference was organized by the Institute for the Future of Education, part of the renowned and prestigious Tecnológico de Monterrey.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 5 min
Open edX · Sep 15, 2024
How to Upload an Image in Open edX Studio Without Distortion: A Guide for Instructional Designers
Images play a crucial role in online learning, enhancing engagement and helping illustrate complex concepts. In Open edX, a widely-used LMS platform, instructional designers can easily upload images to enrich their courses.
By Andrés González · 8 min
Events · Aug 20, 2024
The Open edX Conference 2024
Aulasneo present in the Open edX Conference 2024 in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
By Esteban Etcheverry · 6 min
Open edX · Jul 10, 2024
What is Open edX?
Open edX is the open-source LMS behind edX, used by Harvard, MIT and 100M+ learners. Learn what it is, how it works, and how to get a fully managed instance.
By Esteban Etcheverry
Choosing an LMS · Apr 16, 2024
Rethinking LMS Customization: A Step-by-Step Success Strategy
Learn Aulasneo's proven iterative approach to Open edX LMS customization — prioritizing functionality and real user feedback over aesthetics.
By Esteban Etcheverry
Choosing an LMS · Nov 26, 2023
Tips to Choose the Right LMS for Your Organization
A practical guide to evaluating and selecting the right Learning Management System for your organization. Key criteria, common mistakes, and how Open edX compares.
By Esteban Etcheverry
Learning analytics · Oct 15, 2023
Analytics for learning projects: Panorama as a cross-platform approach
Platforms and systems that support learning activities produce a huge amount of valuable data that requires some form of learning analytics system. Some of them provide a data visualisation system out of the box or as an add-on.
By Esteban Etcheverry · 12 min
Learning analytics · Sep 24, 2023
Open edX Analytics: Evaluating the Impact of Open Courses
How Aulasneo uses Open edX analytics and Panorama to measure the real impact of open courses — presented by Esteban Etcheverry at MIT.
By Esteban Etcheverry
Open edX · Sep 8, 2023
10 Open edX Advanced Components to boost engagement
Consider these Open edX advanced components for your virtual courses to create more engaging training experiences for your students.
By Andrés González · 8 min
Choosing an LMS · Aug 18, 2023
How to design successful MOOCs?
How to design successful MOOCs: Keys to design a successful MOOC. What is the fundamental role of using an LMS.
By Antonella Perrupato · 5 min
Choosing an LMS · Aug 15, 2023
Learning management system: what is it and why do I need one?
What a Learning Management System (LMS) is, the myths around it, how to choose one and how universities, companies, governments and NGOs use it.
By Andrés González · 9 min
Choosing an LMS · Aug 10, 2023
Virtual campus for NGO
Why an LMS makes NGO social and environmental projects viable at scale, without geographical barriers, and what Open edX offers them.
By Andrés González · 4 min
Open edX · Aug 10, 2023
Elevate Your Course Design in Open edX Studio
A practical video guide for instructional designers using Open edX Studio. Learn custom pages, cohorts, staff permissions, and course descriptions — with official Open edX tutorial videos.
By Esteban Etcheverry
Infrastructure · Aug 4, 2023
Master the Open edX Installation with its 3 options
Open edX Installation uses Ubuntu with 3 options. In this article we explain how to install Open edX and its installation options.
By Andrés González · 4 min
Open edX · Aug 4, 2023
Open edX for Universities
Open edX for universities: the LMS for large-scale academic projects, its key advantages and how Aulasneo provides it integrated with Panorama analytics.
By Andrés González · 4 min
Choosing an LMS · May 16, 2023
What is instructional design?
Instructional design is the discipline of creating effective online courses with a pedagogical approach. Why it matters and what it brings to learning.
By Andrés González · 3 min
Open edX · Apr 23, 2023
edX vs Open edX — What's the Difference?
edX and Open edX are related but different. Learn the key differences between edx.org and the Open edX open-source platform, and which one is right for your organization.
By Esteban Etcheverry