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Educational Technology & Society

Posted May 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Excellent IEEE-endorsed periodical available online
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Posted: May 2, 2004, 12:13 pm

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JIME

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Journal of Interactive Media in Education – innovative
Created:Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:09:40 GMT


Original: http://jondron.net/cofind/frshowresource.php?tid=5260&resid=182
Posted: March 2, 2004, 11:09 am

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ILIAS homepage

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

ILIAS is an interesting open source learning environment, part of the CampusSource initiative
Created:Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:09:40 GMT


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WebCT

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

One of the big two MLEs. Big and overpriced
Created:Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:09:40 GMT


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Posted: March 2, 2004, 11:09 am

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Learning Technology

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Learning Technology newsletter
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Moodle

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

A fine open source course management system. Not very interoperable yet, but based on firm pedagogical foundations and very flexible
Created:Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:09:40 GMT


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Distance Educator

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Excellent source of daily news on e-learning, distance learning etc.
Created:Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:09:40 GMT


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CHEF

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

CompreHensive Collaborative Framework, some interesting parallels with ILIAS but greatly strengthened by being part of the OKI initiative
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OKI homepage

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Home of the Open Knowledge Initiative at MIT
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CoFIND home page

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

The home of the software used to run this site, a self-organising resource base. Includes the latest downloadable version with installer script for any server running PHP and MySQL
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