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Course Website Software

This section lists software platforms dedicated to managing and delivering online web courses. They also known as Course Management Systems (CMSs), Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), or simply "courseware". They mainly focus on higher education. These platforms enable teachers/institutions to create web sites with functions such as: They are not just authoring tools. The content is often created with external software.

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• - KEWL is an Open Source learning management system for the Microsoft Windows platform. It's easy to use and free, with many features.
  
• - An open source LMS for Web-based training in higher education. The system consists of an authoring tool for creating courses, personal desktops, mail/forum systems, group system and administration. (Link is the English-version site)
  
• - Web-based training authoring, delivery and management. The authoring environment is entirely Web based.
  
• - Collection of tools to create and manage online courses.
  
• - a customizable virtual campus for distributed learning. It is entirely web based and supports multiple languages.
  
• - An integrated suite of software for adding and managing dynamic educational content on a website.
  
• - Create, manage, and multi-purpose repositories of digital content. Author and publish dynamic educational content on the WWW. Tracks learning and adapts a learner's level using Adaptive Curriculum Technology.
  
• - An open source web-based virtual classroom system (written in C) that includes modules for discussion, chat, syllabus, handouts, assignments, grades, and private email.
  
• - 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.
  
• - (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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - OKI is an architecture for learning management systems being designed by a consortium of universities and organisations that includes MIT, Stanford and Harvard.
  
• - Joint European academic consortium. Offers WBT authoring, delivery and management tools. Foundation members have free access to a huge database of reusable course modules.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Web based course environment featuring communication, online grading, student tracking, and content delivery.
  
• - Makers of eCourse, a course website toolkit, a smaller version called eToolkit (available for free), and eCollege Campus.
  
• - Web course authoring, delivery and management environment from IBM.
  
• - An open source platform for online learning and collaboration developed by the Christchurch College of Education.
  
• - Commercial course website package of individual components, designed for the Microsoft Windows platform.
  
• - An Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind.
  
• - A full-featured online course manager developed at Jones International University (JonesKnowledge.com).
  
• - 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.
  
• - An open source e-learning system developed at MIT, based on AOLserver and OpenACS.
  
• - A software product which enables certifying organizations and their training providers, corporate departments, and colleges to make existing training courses and tests immediately available over the Internet.
  
• - An enterprise course management system that combines an open and flexible architecture with a complete set of easy-to-use features.
  
• - Commercial course website software; can also create a free course on their site.
  
• - An easy to use, open source software package based on PHP/MySQL.
  
• - Future Learning Environment is open-source web-based software for computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL).
  
• - A commercial system designed to facilitate productive learning conversations between individuals. It functions as a testing or surveying mechanism between instructors and students.
  
• - Web Course Tools - WBT authoring, delivery and management. Reseller of web "courselets". Authoring environment is entirely Web based.
  
• - An open architecture, open standard learning environment. The clients are web-based.
  
• - Flexible XML based learning management system. Available in 6 languages.
  
  

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