Moodle is a learning management system for producing Internet-based course Web sites. It is written in PHP and easy to install for use on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, SunOS, BSD, and Netware 6. It has been designed to support modern pedagogies based on social constructionist theory, and includes
... [More] activity modules such as forums, chat, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, workshops, glossaries, lessons, and assignments. It has been translated into over 100 languages, with more on the way, and supports the popular SCORM standard for content packaging. Moodle offers a free alternative to commercial software such as WebCT or Blackboard, and is being used by a growing number of universities, schools, and independent teachers for distance education or to supplement face-to-face teaching. [Less]
OLAT is the acronym for Online Learning And Training. It is a web application - a Learning Management System - that supports any kind of online learning, teaching, and tutoring with little didactical restrictions. OLAT is free software/open source, and has been developed since 1999 at the University
... [More] of Zürich and won the MeDiDa-Prix in the year 2000. OLAT has support for various E-learning standards such as IMS Content Packaging, IMS Basic LTI, IMS QTI and SCORM. OLAT offers all the tools that you'd expect of a modern LMS like Wiki, Chat, Forum, Calendar, Cluster, AJAX-support etc. OLAt is used all over the world and has been translated into 30 languages. A packaged deployment (WAR) consistent with the Java Web Specification simplifies the rollout of the application. [Less]
Sakai is an online Collaboration and Learning Environment. Many users of Sakai deploy it to support teaching and learning, ad hoc group collaboration, support for portfolios and research collaboration.
Sakai is a free and open source product that is built and maintained by the Sakai community.
... [More] Sakai's development model is called "Community Source" because many of the developers creating Sakai are drawn from the "community" of organizations that have adopted and are using Sakai. [Less]
Claroline is a free application based on PHP/MySQL allowing teachers or education organizations to create and administrate courses through the web.
Developed from teachers to teachers, Claroline is built over sound pedagogical principles allowing a large variety of pedagogical setup including
... [More] widening of traditional classroom and online collaborative learning. [Less]
Chamilo LMS is a project that opts for open source in a radical way. It aims at bringing you the best e-learning and collaboration platform in the open source world, providing many tools that teachers would need, directly inside your browser.
The eLesson Markup Language (eLML) is an open source XML framework for creating structured eLessons using XML. Thanks to a clean separation between content and layout eLML lessons can be transformed into many different formats and layouts. It supports the following output formats: XHTML, IMS Content
... [More] Package, SCORM, eBooks (ePub format), PDF, LaTeX, Open Document Format (ODF) and DocBook. The framework has been successfully tested with many different LMS like Moodle, OLAT, WebCT/Blackboard and Ilias. A number of tools like the Firedocs eLML Editor to write lessons or the Template Builder to create eLML layout templates are available and help to make eLML one of the best tools to create sustainable e-Learning content. [Less]
Moodle is translated into over 70 languages by a dedicated corps of worldwide volunteers.
Translation has actually been going on a lot longer than the stats here may suggest, because the language packs used to be part of the main Moodle code base.
LAMS (Learning Activity Management System) is an online system for designing, managing, and delivering collaborative learning activities. It provides teachers with a highly intuitive visual authoring environment for creating sequences of learning activities. These activities can include a range of
... [More] individual tasks, small group work, and whole class activities based on both content and collaboration. [Less]
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