What options exist for teachers who want to try using a Course Management System, but don’t have one available in their school? Fortunately, there are many free CMS/LMS tools available on the Internet.
Seven Free Platforms for Teaching Online Courses
More and more schools are embracing online courses to reach more students and all times of the day. While you can spend a lot of money for online course software, you don’t have to. Here are seven free platforms for
The Six Elements of Next-Gen Learning Platforms
Find new ideas for learning platforms by Tom VanderArk.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/11/six-elements-of-next-gen-learning.html
Harvard Releases OpenScholar 2.0
Harvard University has now released version 2.0 of OpenScholar, an open source software package that lets scholars build personal and project-oriented web sites in a matter of minutes. It’s a quick, easy, and free solution that allows academics to build …
Eduglu: A Drupal-based social learning platform
Eduglu is a social learning platform that helps learners connect with one another and form learning communities. Eduglu provides online spaces for groups to learn together. And because it’s built on the powerful open source CMS Drupal, creating your own …
Blackboard acquires Elluminate and Wimba: the end of LMSs?
Tony Bates, from E-Learning and Distance Education Resources writes: “I’ve deliberately waited a few days before commenting on this, because my immediate reaction was unprintable. At the end of the day, I found myself asking: does this really matter?”
http://www.tonybates.ca/2010/07/11/blackboard-acquires-elluminate-and-wimba-the-end-of-lmss/…
CloudCourse: An Enterprise Application in the Cloud
Google releases a new internal learning platform, CloudCourse under an open source license. CloudCourse allows anyone to create and track learning activities. CloudCourse also offers calendaring, waitlist management and approval features. CloudCourse is fully integrated with Google Calendar.
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/05/cloudcourse-enterprise-applicationin.html…
Udemy Launches free Online Teaching Platform
Udemy, a free platform for teaching online has officially launched for public use. Udemy offers a variety of tools for delivering content online. Course creators can publish slideshows, publish videos, and create mash-ups of slideshows and videos synched together. Course …
eLearning Guild names Moodle Number 1 for 2nd year in a row
The eLearning Guild survey results are in and Moodle has been named the #1 Learning Management System for the 2nd year running. According to Learning Solutions Magazine 24% of respondents choose Moodle as their primary LMS (over Blackboard at 2nd …
Pedagogical Foundations For Personal Learning
In this talk Stephen Downes outlines the differences between learning using a personal learning environment (PLE) and learning in a CMS (Course Management System, like Moodle for example). He argues that a PLE does what an LMS cannot do – …