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CourseWork

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Part of the OKI initiative, a very accomplished if straightforward MLE. Like all OKI software, its greatest strength is that it is not alone.
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JIME

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Journal of Interactive Media in Education – innovative
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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
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CampusSource homepage

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

CampusSource is a kind of loose European version of OKI – more of a club than a set of interoperable standards, but plenty of well-developed systems available
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WebCT

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

One of the big two MLEs. Big and overpriced
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Learning Technology

Posted March 2, 2004 by Jon Dron

Learning Technology newsletter
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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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