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VLE / MLE Comparison Grid from CHEST

Posted May 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Limited range, but useful comparison of popular virtual and managed learning environments
Created:Sun, 02 May 2004 18:13:02 GMT


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Posted: May 2, 2004, 12:13 pm

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Open Source Course Management Systems

Posted May 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

A good annotated list of open source learning environments
Created:Sun, 02 May 2004 18:13:02 GMT


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Learning Technology

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Learning Technology newsletter
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Posted: March 2, 2004, 11:09 am

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CO3

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

A combination of Colloquia, Comentor and COSE learning environments. Some great ideas, some flaky implementations
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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
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Distance Educator

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Excellent source of daily news on e-learning, distance learning etc.
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Blackboard

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Home of the Blackboard MLE – big, well-supported but pedagogically unsound and overpriced
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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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