LMS
Learning Management System (LMS) tersedia dalam berbagai macam pilihan. Ada yang berbasis open source dan ada pula yang berbasis proprietary. Tergantung kebutuhan kita tentu untuk memutuskan LMS mana yang akan kita gunakan. Kendatipun tidak ada yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan kita, membuat sendiri tentu sah-sah saja asalkan memiliki waktu, tenaga, dan tentu saja dana.
Di bawah ini Anda disajikan beberapa LMS, baik yang berbasis open source maupun proprietary. Selamat membaca dan memutuskan mana LMS kesayangan Anda!
Open Source LMS
>> Moodle - http://moodle.org
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a University with 200,000 students. This site itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demonstration Courses or read the latest Moodle Buzz.
>> ATutor - http://www.atutor.ca
ATutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind. Administrators can install or update ATutor in minutes, develop custom themes to give ATutor a new look, and easily extend its functionality with feature modules. Educators can quickly assemble, package, and redistribute Web-based instructional content, easily import prepackaged content, and conduct their courses online. Students learn in an adaptive learning environment.
>> Sakai - http://sakaiproject.org
Sakai is an online Collaboration and Learning Environment. Many users of Sakai deploy it to support teaching and learning, ad hoc group collaboration, support for portfolios and research collaboration.
Sakai is a free and open source product that is built and maintained by the Sakai community. Sakai’s development model is called “Community Source” because many of the developers creating Sakai are drawn from the “community” of organizations that have adopted and are using Sakai.
>> Dokeos - http://www.dokeos.com
Dokeos is a open source online learning suite. It provides :
- Learning Management : SCORM import, edit and export,social interaction, sophisticated test and surveys
- Oogie Rapid Learning : build SCORM courses online from templates, from Powerpoint…
- Accurate reporting that you can export to Excel, Business Objects…
- Videoconferencing : virtual meeting and virtual classroom for live training sessions
>> Claroline - http://www.claroline.net
Claroline is an Open Source eLearning and eWorking platform allowing teachers to build effective online courses and to manage learning and collaborative activities on the web. Translated into 35 languages, Claroline has a large worldwide users’ and developers’ community.
>> LAMS - http://www.lamsinternational.com
LAMS is a revolutionary new tool for designing, managing and delivering online collaborative learning activities. It provides teachers with a highly intuitive visual authoring environment for creating sequences of learning activities. These activities can include a range of individual tasks, small group work and whole class activities based on both content and collaboration.
If you want to trial LAMS, click here to get an account on one of our demonstration servers.
Proprietary LMS
>> Blackboard/WebCT - http://www.blackboard.com
Note: This information provided below is based on Wikipedia, 29th July 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Inc.
Blackboard develops and licenses software applications and related services to over 2200 education institutions in more than 60 countries. These institutions use Blackboard software to manage e-learning, transaction processing and e-commerce, and online communities. Blackboard’s product line includes:
- The Blackboard Academic Suite, consisting of
- The Blackboard Learning System, a course management system
- The Blackboard Community System, a community and portal system
- The Blackboard Content System, a content management system
- The Blackboard Commerce Suite, consisting of
- The Blackboard Transaction System, a Transaction Processing System tied to university IDs
- The Blackboard Community System, an e-commerce front end for the Transaction System
- Bb One, a network of commercial and retail business that accept Blackboard-powered debit card transactions
- The former WebCT Inc’s products, including
- Blackboard Vista, a course management system
- Blackboard Campus Edition, course management system.
Though Blackboard software is closed source, the company provides an open architecture, called Building Blocks, that can be used to extend the functionality of Blackboard products. The Blackboard Vista and Campus Edition products are extensible through a technology called PowerLinks.
