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| ARIADNE Project Joint European academic consortium. Offers WBT authoring, delivery and management tools. Foundation members have free access to a huge database of reusable course modules. http://www.ariadne-eu.org/ |
| ATutor An Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind. http://www.atutor.ca/ |
| Blackboard Commercial course website software; can also create a free course on their site. http://www.blackboard.com/ |
| BSCW (Basic Support for Cooperative Work) is a web based collaboration / groupware environment. It is a shared workspace system and supports document upload, event notification, and group management. http://bscw.gmd.de/ |
| eCollege.com Makers of eCourse, a course website toolkit, a smaller version called eToolkit (available for free), and eCollege Campus. http://www.ecollege.com |
| Fle3 Future Learning Environment is open-source web-based software for computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). http://fle3.uiah.fi |
| IBT-Server Flexible XML based learning management system. Available in 6 languages. http://www.time4you.de |
| Interact An open source platform for online learning and collaboration developed by the Christchurch College of Education. http://cce-interact.sourceforge.net/ |
| Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning KEWL is an Open Source learning management system for the Microsoft Windows platform. It's easy to use and free, with many features. http://kewl.uwc.ac.za |
| Knowledge Forum allows users to create a knowledge-building community. Each community creates their own database in which they can store notes and connect ideas. It features a web client or alternatively clients for Mac and Win platforms. http://www.knowledgeforum.com/ |
| LogiCampus An Open Source educational platform (in PHP) from Tap Internet that provides a single sign-on for students, faculty, and staff of an institution to a variety of tools for collaboration and content creation. http://www.logicampus.com |
| Moodle A free, open-source PHP web application for producing modular internet-based courses that support a modern social constructionist pedagogy. Easy to install, use and maintain on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. http://moodle.org/ |
| OLAT Online Learning And Testing. Olat is an online learning platform, being developed at the university of Zuerich, Switzerland. It is available as GPL'ed open source software. http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/ |
| Pythos A commercial system designed to facilitate productive learning conversations between individuals. It functions as a testing or surveying mechanism between instructors and students. http://pythos.confluentforms.com |
| The Dialogue Project A web-based collaborative communication tool that supports the building of learning communities. It encourages collaboration and information sharing among the learning communities in order to promote conversation, scholarship, and understanding. http://dialogueproject.com |
| The Manhattan Virtual Classroom An open source web-based virtual classroom system (written in C) that includes modules for discussion, chat, syllabus, handouts, assignments, grades, and private email. http://manhattan.sourceforge.net |
| TopClass Web-based training authoring, delivery and management. The authoring environment is entirely Web based. http://www.wbtsystems.com/ |
| WebCT Web Course Tools - WBT authoring, delivery and management. Reseller of web 'courselets'. Authoring environment is entirely Web based. http://www.webct.com/ |