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Collaborative Development of

Open Source E-Learning Platforms

Case studies from Luxembourg

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Authors

Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor  (CRPHT)

• Non-profit organisation of about 200 engineers

• Public research centre :

• Devoted to innovation and technology development

• Aiming at technology and IT knowledge transfer to the Luxembourg business

community

Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE)

• A public undertaking that comes under the aegis of

the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture, Higher

Education and Research

• An extensive platform for researching, gathering,

selecting, processing and disseminating information

on the historical and institutional development of a

united Europe

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Presentation positionning

• From static internet to web services

• Birth of e-learning web services

• Two libre software LMS cases studies

• AnaXagora

• OpenMCMS

• Why two solutions ?

• Difference of target

• Difference of philosophy

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Case Study 1 : Step of Development (1/3)

Initial LMF : GaneshaANEMALAB

http://www.anemalab.org

Fork 1 : AthenaINTECH

http://www.athena.lu

Fork 2 : ItemaCENTRE HENRI TUDOR

http://www.itema.tudor.lu

Common

development

New LMF : AnaXagoraCENTRE HENRI TUDOR – INTECH - COMMUNITY

http://www.anaxagora.tudor.lu

Principal improvements :

• User right management

• SCORM v1.2 and 2004

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Case Study 1 : AnaXagora – Student (2/3)

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Case Study 1 : AnaXagora – Tutor (3/3)

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Case Study 2 : Step of development (1/3)

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

• First prototype

• Macromedia Director GUI on CD-ROM

• Client/Server Visual Basic Application

on internal network and updated via Satellite

• HTML/Java web site on

internet

Full Flash Client/Server Application on internet     •

http://www.ena.lu

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Case Study 2 : from ENA to OpenMCMS (2/3)

o p e n m u l t i m e d i a c o n t e n t

m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m  

2004

2005

http://www.openmcms.org

• Free, open source, web-based solution for

managing and publishing multimedia

content on the Internet• Community of people interested in

multimedia technologies in the context of

education and science

World Wide Web

Web

Content

Management

System

Client/Server

Multimedia

Application

Authors Tutors/Students

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Case Study 2 : a new way for sharing knowledge (3/3)

WORLD WIDE WEB

End users (Tutors, Students)Groups of Authors

•

 The authors use a collaborative tool to develop the content, making sure that it isof high research value and that it is appropriately placed in context

• Users are not restricted to a linear learning process, but are able to research

information by exploring the many different paths provided by the multimedia tool

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Conclusion (2/2)

• New media have always been misunderstood

● The internet is the main resource of e-learning

● The open-source nature of the software

provides a wealth of e-learning solutions, thus

enabling users to select products that are mostsuited to their requirements

• A way to freedom education

●

The open-source philosophy also applies tocontent

● Widespread appropriation of the NITC

Q i

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Questions

ghislain.sillaume@cvce.lu

christophe.feltus@tudor.lu