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[school-discuss] [IIEP] Free and Open Source Software for E-learning (long)
In case some of you missed this useful resource... I shared it around
my networks, and it was appreciated there. BTW, some URLs seem wrong
with a // (double slash) at the end. Otherwise, a fine collection. FN
http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumsfiche.php?queryforumspages_id=9
Free and Open Source Software for E-learning
1-25 June 2004
Useful Resources
Introductory Remarks
During the discussion held from 1-25 June 2004 over 200 links were
shared and proposed by the participants. More links have been identified
and added as the discussion continues. This reference list of links is
an outcome of your inputs and has been compiled to provide some guidance
on the wealth of resources related to FOSS for e-learning on the web.
An attempt has also been made to direct the attention of the more
technically advanced user to specific resources. In such a case, the
category is marked.
General Resources on FOSS
Myths on Open Source
http://www.cio.com/archive/030104/open.html
Ten Myths about Open Source Software
http://opensource.oreilly.com/news/myths_1199.html
Free Software versus Open Source
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
Free Software Definition
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Terms to Avoid
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
Open Source: Prepare for Attack
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5225405.html/
Managing the legal risk of Linux
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/special_report/Managing_the_legal_risks_of_Linux.html/
Free and Open Source Movements
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/open_source_part_1.htm
International Open Source Network e-Primer on Free/Open Source Software
for Education
http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer/fossPrimer-Education.pdf
Eight FOSS tutorials
http://eduforge.org/wiki/wiki/eduforge/?pagename=HomePage
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development FOSS pages
http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/ecommerce_en/freeopen_en.htm
Information Society Technologies Workshop on FOSS and International
Cooperation
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_d/st-ds/workshop_210405_os.htm
[... links to technical sites have been deleted, so that the focus
below can be more on education-related resources. -FN]
Websites supporting the development of FOSS solutions and Open Learning
Objects- advanced users
Websites supporting the development of FOSS
SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/
SourceForge is the world's largest open source software development
website. It provides free hosting to tens of thousands of projects, some
of which are e-learning projects. The mission of SourceForge.net is to
enrich the open source community by providing a centralized place for
open source developers to control and manage open source software
development. SourceForge.net uses an open source software by the same
name, SourceForge
Eduforge
http://eduforge.org/
Eduforge.org is to open source in e-learning what SourceForge is to open
source. Eduforge.org allows you to organize and manage any number of
software development projects pertaining to e-learning. It is best
suited to manage large teams of software engineers and/or engineers
scattered among multiple locations. Eduforge.org supports online
communications, content management tools, including Wiki tools, project
management, forum, surveys, Current Versions System (CVS), and document
uploading and sharing. Eduforge.org uses the open source software called
Gforge.
Websites supporting the development of learning objects
OpenCourse
http://opencourse.org/
OpenCourse.org supports virtual communities that develop, evaluate and
use open, non-proprietary learning objects (e.g. animations,
simulations, models, case studies, etc.).
Articles on the use of FOSS in Learning Management Systems
Open Source Content in Education
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/open_source_part_2.htm
Why We Should Share Learning Resources
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/why_we_should_share.htm
Open courseware and open source software
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=903922&dl=ACM&coll=ACM/
FOSS Learning Content Management Systems and Content Management Systems
Learning Content Management Systems
ATutor (Accessible Tutor)
http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/ATutor%20http://atutor.ca/atutor/index.php
ATutor is designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind. ATutor
complies with the W3C WCAG 1.0 accessibility specifications at the AA+
level, and the IMS/SCORM Content Packaging specifications. Content
created in other IMS or SCORM conformant systems can be imported into
ATutor, and visa versa. ATutorâs core development team is with The
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto, Canada.
The Bodington Open Source Project
http://bodington.org/index.jsp
Bodington is a free open source virtual learning environement, developed
by the Learning Development Unit of the University of Leeds (UK), and in
use in learning institutions in the UK and worldwide, e.g. the
Universities of Leeds, Oxford, Manchester; UHI Millennium Institute,
Eton College, Yorkshire Coast College and St Andrews College Singapore.
Bodington enables users to upload lecture notes, host discussion fora,
publish and manage external links, create interactive resources, e.g.
customised logbooks, peer-reviewed reflective diaries/e-portfolios (for
PDP), multiple choice tests (QTI), short-answer papers and online
surveys. Students can also port work into secure 'pigeon-holes' for
marking.
Campus
http://campus.sourceforge.net/Features/
Claroline
http://www.claroline.net/
Claroline is a collaborative learning environment that allows teachers
or education institutions to create and administer courses through the
web. The system provides group management, forums, document
repositories, calendar, chat, assignment areas, links, user profile
administration on a single and highly integrated package. The University
Catholic of Louvain in Belgium initially started the software. Today a
community of developers around the world contributes to its development.
In 2004, the creator of Claroline left to start Dokeos, a competing open
source software.
Dokeos
http://www.dokeos.com/index.php/
Dokeos allows you to create web content, generate multimedia tests,
manage interaction with students/trainees, structure a learning path
step by step, follow students/trainees progress through time, and
deliver live conferences. Dokeos started as a clone of Claroline 1.4.2.
The main difference between Claroline and Dokeos is that a private
company named Dokeos supports the Dokeos software and helps
organizations launch and develop blended learning programs. A network of
training and information technologist specialists committed to social
constructivist pedagogy, and web-usability theory develops Dokeos. Core
developers are based in Brussels, Belgium. .LRN
ILIAS
http://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/index.html
ILIAS allows users to create, edit and publish learning and teaching
material. Tools for cooperative working and communication are included
as well. A team at the Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and
Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany, coordinates the
development of the system.
Interact
http://cce-interact.sourceforge.net/about.php
Interact's aim is to concentrate on the social/interactive aspects of
teaching and learning rather than the delivery of content to students.
Interact is developed by the Christhchurch College of Education, New
Zealand.
LogiCampus
http://www.logicampus.com/index.php/welcome/
LogiCampus is designed to allow centers for distance learning to control
most of the facets of their distance learning initiatives for students,
teachers, and staff. The core development team is with Tap Internet, an
e-services firm located in Michigan, USA. Tap Internet developed the
original system for a college.
LON-CAPA (LearningOnline Network with a Computer-Assisted Personalized
Approach)
http://lon-capa.org/
LON-CAPA is a distributed networked system that allows the sharing of
content across institutions and courses. Instructors can create and
grade randomized homework, quizzes or exams. The same assessment content
can be used for online homework, PDAs, printed Scantron exams, and
online exams. The core development team is at the LITE Lab, College of
Natural Science, Michigan State University, USA.
Manhattan Virtual Classroom
http://manhattan.sourceforge.net/index.php?menu=1/
The Manhattan Virtual Classroom is a web-based course management system
that includes a variety of discussion groups, live chat, areas for the
teacher to post the syllabus and other handouts and notices, a module
for organizing online assignments, a grades module, a surveys module,
and a unique, web-based email system open only to students in the class.
The system was developed at Western New England College.
Moodle
http://moodle.org/
Moodle is designed to support pedagogies based on social constructionist
theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, chats, resources,
journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, workshops, glossaries, lessons, and
assignments. It has been translated into over 40 languages, with more on
the way, and supports the popular SCORM standard for content packaging.
The core development team is distributed worldwide, with the project
leader living in Australia.
The Sakai Project
http://www.sakaiproject.org/
The Sakai Project is a community source software development project
founded by the University of Michigan, Indiana University, MIT,
Stanford, the uPortal Consortium, and the Open Knowledge Initiative
(OKI) with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project
is producing open source Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE)
software with the first release in July 2004. The Sakai Educational
Partners' Program (SEPP) extends this community source project to other
academic institutions around the world, and is supported by the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation and SEPP member contributions.
Tools to compare learning content management systems
Edutools
http://www.edutools.info/course/compare/bygroup/selectproducts.jsp?group=2/
Edutools compares open source and proprietary learning content
management systems in terms of their features.
Content management systems
b2evolution
http://b2evolution.net/index.html
b2evolution is a content management system anchored around the blog
concept. A blog is a journal that is available on the web. b2evolution
allows people with little or no technical background to update and
maintain the blog. b2evolution is fully featured with multiple blogs,
content/presentation separation, full user management. B2evolution is
extending to provide features in Wikis, Trackers or hierarchy driven
content management systems.
Drupal
http://drupal.org/
A dynamic web site platform which allows an individual or community of
users to publish, manage and organize a variety of content. Drupal
integrates many popular features of content management systems, weblogs,
collaborative tools and discussion-based community software into one
easy-to-use package.
EZ Publish CMS
http://www.ez.no/ez_publish/cms/
eZ Publish Content Management System (CMS) needs the EZ Publish Content
Management Framework (CMF). EZ Publish CMS and CMF allow you to build a
standard web shop site and incorporate functionality from different
packages like forums, polls, newspapers, weblogs and image galleries.
Jetbox
http://jetboxone.sourceforge.net/
Jetbox uses a well tested user interface to integrate a content
management system, WYSIWYG editor, mailing list, website statistics,
user registration, search engine, and a document manager.
PhP-Nuke
http://jetboxone.sourceforge.net/
PhP-Nuke allows you to develop your own portal. A powerful assembly of
tools allows the administrator to maintain an active and 100%
interactive web site using databases.
Postnuke
http://news.postnuke.com/
Postnuke is a system that manages communities, content, and
collaboration. It is a set of tools that allows you to build a
dynamically generated web site that five years ago would have cost
thousands of dollars
SPIP (systÃme de publication pour l'internet)
http://www.spip.net/
SPIP is a publishing system for the Internet. SPIP enables you to build
and update a website using a very simple user interface.
Learning Management System (LMS) Technical Evaluations- advanced users
Eduforge Technical Evaluation- Part 1
http://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/7/7/Shortlisting%20of%20LMS.pdf
Eduforge Technical Evaluation- Part 2
http://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/7/17/Evaluation%20of%20LMS%20-%20Part%20II.pdf
Technical Evaluation- The Open Polytech of New Zealand
http://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/7/18/LMS%20Technical%20Evaluation%20-%20May04.pdf
Reports on Standards for LMS-advanced users
Making Sense of Learning Specifications & Standards
http://www.masie.com/standards/s3_2nd_edition.pdf
Open Educational Resources (Open Courseware)
MIT OCW
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/technology.htm
Harvey Project
http://harveyproject.org/
Open Course
http://opencourse.org/
Merlot
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
Intellectual Property
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
Learning Objects
Canadian Network of Learning Object Repositories
http://www.edusource.ca/english/home_eng.html
Learning Objects 101
http://online.bcit.ca/sidebars/02november/inside-out-1.htm
Splash
http://www.edusplash.net/
Studies on the use of FOSS in education
Open source software and Australian school education
http://www.educationau.edu.au/papers/open_source.pdf
FOSS Education Primer
http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer/
Free Software in Asia
http://www.maailma.kaapeli.fi/asia.html/
UNESCO Resources and Journals
UNESCO Resources
Free Software Portal
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201/
Information Processing Tools
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=1542&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1045822722/
CDS/ISIS
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=2071&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1035195531/
WinIDAMS
http://www.unesco.org/idams/
Journals
First Monday
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
International Journal of Educational Technology (IJET)
http://www.ao.uiuc.edu/ijet//
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/
Journal of Digital Information
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/index.asp/
FOSS for Africa
http://www.ngomalinux.com/tiki-index.php
NGMO Linux
http://www.ngomalinux.com/tiki-index.php
Circuits & Packets Communication
http://www.circuitspackets.com/
Burrokeet project
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/burrokeet-announce/
African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR)
http://avoir.uwc.ac.za/
Shuttleworth Foundation
http://www.tsf.org.za/index.php?option=content&task=blogsection&id=16
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