Projects tagged ‘teaching’

Moodle is a learning management system for producing Internet-based course Web sites. It is written in PHP and is easy to install and use on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, SunOS, BSD, and Netware 6. It has been designed to support modern pedagogies based ... [More] on social constructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, chats, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, workshops, glossaries, lessons, and assignments. It has been translated into over 70 languages, with more on the way, and supports the popular SCORM standard for content packaging. Moodle offers a free alternative to commercial software such as WebCT or Blackboard, and is being used by a growing number of universities, schools, and independent teachers for distance education or to supplement face-to-face teachin [Less]

OLAT is the acronym for Online Learning And Training. It is a web application - a Learning Management System - that supports any kind of online learning, teaching, and tutoring with little didactical restrictions. OLAT is free software/open source ... [More] , and has been developed since 1999 at the University of Zürich and won the MeDiDa-Prix in the year 2000. OLAT has support for various E-learning standards such as IMS Content Packaging, IMS QTI and SCORM. OLAT offers all the tools that you'd expect of a modern LMS like Wiki, Chat, Forum, Calendar, AJAX-support etc. OLAt is used all over the world and has been translated into 17 languages. The web-framework behind OLAT has been pubslished as a self-standing open source framework unter the name "Brasato", which complies with the MVC-pattern. [Less]

KStars is a graphical desktop planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate simulation of the night sky, as seen from any location on Earth, on any date. The display includes 40,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, 2500 comets and asteroids, all 8 planets, and the Sun and Moon.

ILIAS is a powerful web-based learning management system that allows users to create, edit and publish learning and teaching material in an integrated system with their normal web browsers. Tools for cooperative working and communication are included ... [More] as well. ILIAS is available as open source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Universities, educational institutions, private and public companies, and every interested person may use the system free of charge and contribute to its further development. It has been certified for being compliant to SCORM 1.2 RTE Level 3 and SCORM 2004 3rd Edition. [Less]

Claroline is a free application based on PHP/MySQL allowing teachers or education organizations to create and administrate courses through the web. Developed from teachers to teachers, Claroline is built over sound pedagogical principles allowing ... [More] a large variety of pedagogical setup including widening of traditional classroom and online collaborative learning. [Less]

Kalzium is an application which will show you some information about the periodic system of the elements. Therefore you could use it as an information database. It also includes an equation solver and 3D viewer for molecules.

Dokeos is an Open Source e-learning and course management web application translated in 34 languages and helping more than 3.600 organisations worldwide to manage learning and collaboration activities. Dokeos is widely recognised as more easy to ... [More] use than most of its competitors by wide training organisations all over Europe and Latin America. In Dokeos, you can manage courses, students, documents, forums and exercises, and import SCORM content and PowerPoint presentations directly into your learning paths, making it an wonderful solution in terms of interoperability. You can also use one of the only available open source videoconference tools that do not require an external program to run, making it completely portable (needs Flash 9 plugin). [Less]

The eLesson Markup Language (eLML) is an open source XML framework for creating structured eLessons using XML. Thanks to a clean separation between content and layout eLML lessons can be transformed into many different formats and layouts. It ... [More] supports the following output formats: XHTML, IMS Content Package, SCORM, PDF, LaTeX, Open Document Format (ODF) and DocBook. The framework has been successfully tested with many different LMS like Moodle, OLAT, WebCT/Blackboard and Ilias. A number of tools like the Firedocs eLML Editor to write lessons or the Template Builder to create eLML layout templates are available and help to make eLML one of the best tools to create sustainable e-Learning content. [Less]

Stud.IP is a LAMP/WAMP based learning management system especially for universities.

Marble is a desktop globe program and a generic geographical map widget and framework. Marble shows the Earth as a sphere but doesn't need any hardware acceleration (no OpenGL needed). It's meant to be small, fast and light weight.

Kig is a program for exploring geometric constructions. It is meant as a better replacement for such free programs as KGeo, KSeg and Dr. Geo and commercial programs like Cabri. Kig is meant as a useful and powerful utility for high school students and teachers.

KmPlot is a mathematical function plotter. It has built in a powerfull parser. You can plot different functions simultaneously and combine their function terms to build new functions. KmPlot supports functions with parameters and functions in polar ... [More] coordinates. Several grid modes are possible. Plots may be printed with high precision in correct scale. Features * powerful mathematical parser * precise metric printing * different plot types (functions, parametric, polar) * highly configurable visual settings (plot line, axes, grid) * export to bitmap format (BMP and PNG) and scalable vector graphics (SVG) * save/load complete session in readable xml format * trace mode: cross hair following plot, coordinates shown in the status bar support zooming and more. [Less]

eStudy is an Open Source e-learning and collaboration platform for colleges, universities, and distributed software development teams. In addition to usual course management facilities, eStudy provides special support for role-play simulations in computer science.

LAMS (Learning Activity Management System) is an online system for designing, managing, and delivering collaborative learning activities. It provides teachers with a highly intuitive visual authoring environment for creating sequences of learning ... [More] activities. These activities can include a range of individual tasks, small group work, and whole class activities based on both content and collaboration. [Less]

About NWIKI. NWiki is the only wiki engine designed from scratch to be a part of a LMS. Its completely integrated with moodle and supports mediawiki markup, implements student grading and lots of features designed for educational use of wikis. ... [More] NWiki will be distributed as the default wiki engine in Moodle 1.9 and on fall 2007 will support the OKI (Open Knowledge Iniciative ) standard, so will be interoperable also with other LMS OKI compliant, such as SAKAI. [Less]

Step is an interactive physical simulator. It works like this: you place some bodies on the scene, add some forces, such as gravity or springs, then click "Simulate" and Step shows you how your scene will evolve according to the laws of physics. You ... [More] can change every property of bodies and forces in your experiment (even during simulation) and see how this will change evolution of the experiment. With Step you can not only learn but feel how physics works! [Less]

KTouch is a program for learning how to touch-type. It offers you an easy way to learn to type quickly and correctly on a keyboard. Starting with only a few keys to remember you will advance through different training levels while additional keys are ... [More] introduced. KTouch indicates the keys you need to press and the finger you need to use for that key on the screen. You don't have to look down on the keyboard to search for the key. You will therefore get used to looking at the screen only and hence learn touch typing much faster. Detailed training statistics help you to find possible typing problems (keys that you typed wrong very often). The program calculates typing speed and your accuracy on-the-fly and displays them while you type. [Less]

Parley is a program to help you memorize things. Parley supports many language specific features but can be used for other learning tasks just as well. It uses the spaced repetition learning method, also known as flash cards. Features: * Different ... [More] test types * Fast test setup with all options in one dialog * More than two languages (for example English, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified) * Find words (also by word type) quickly * Easy lesson management * Premade vocabulary files ready to use * Share and download vocabulary using Get Hot New Stuff * Open XML file format (shared with KWordQuiz, Kanagram and KHangMan) that can be edited by hand and is easily usable with scripts [Less]

Ósmosis is an opensource learning management system built on the principles of connectivism.

KAlgebra is a mathematical calculator based content markup MathML language. Nowadays it is capable to make simple MathML operations (arithmetic and logical) and represent 2D and 3D graphs. It is actually not necessary to know MathML to use KAlgebra.

KTurtle is an educational programming environment. KTurtle aims to make programming as easy and touchable as possible, and therefore can be used to teach kids the basics of math, geometry and... programming. The programming language used in KTurtle ... [More] is loosly based on Logo. KTurtle allows, just like some implementations of Logo, to translate the programming language (the commands, the documentation and the error messages) to native language of the programmer. Translating the programming language to the native language of the programmer is one of the many ways KTurtle tries to make learning to programming more simple. Other features to help to achieve this goal are: intuitive syntax highlighting, simple error messages, integrated canvas to make drawings on, integrated help function, ... [Less]

Croquet is a powerful open source software development environment for the creation and large-scale distributed deployment of multi-user virtual 3D applications and metaverses that are (1) persistent (2) deeply collaborative, (3) interconnected and ... [More] (4) interoperable. The Croquet architecture supports synchronous communication, collaboration, resource sharing and computation among large numbers of users on multiple platforms and multiple devices. [Less]

Kanagram mixes up the letters of a word (creating an anagram), and you have to guess what the mixed up word is. Kanagram features several built-in word lists, hints, and a cheat feature which reveals the original word. Kanagram also has a vocabulary ... [More] editor, so you can make your own vocabularies, and distribute them through Kanagram's KNewStuff download service. [Less]

ClaSS (ClaSS Student System) is a complete student tracking, reporting and information management system. The latest web-application methods allow the school community access. ClaSS aims to be the ubiquitous classroom information assistant for schools.

KGeography is a geography learning tool. Right now it has six usage modes: * Browse the maps clicking in a map division to see it's name * The game tells you a map division name and you have to click on it * The game gives you an empty map and ... [More] you have to place divisions on it one by one * The game tells you a capital and you have to guess the division it belongs to * The game tells you a division and you have to guess its capital * The game shows you a map division flag and you have to guess its name * The game tells you a map division name and you have to guess its flag [Less]

KHangman is the classical hangman game. The child should guess a word letter by letter. At each miss, the picture of a hangman appears. After 10 tries, if the word is not guessed, the game is over and the answer is displayed. A hint can be shown to ... [More] help you guess the word. You can use the game to improve your vocabulary in other languages. The words are nouns and available in thirty languages at the moment. The program will detect which languages are present and enable them. You will also be able to easily download other languages via the Get New Stuff dialog (3 clicks and your data will be installed). [Less]

Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.

eFront is an easy to use, visually attractive, SCORM compatible, eLearning and Human Capital Development system. It is suitable for both company and educational usage. eFront includes a wide variety of components that help you create your lesson ... [More] structure and add content, build online-tests, communicate with others, track users history and progress, conduct surveys, assign projects, and create certifications. eFront was build from the scratch with the end user in mind. You will find it rather natural to get used to its interface where most options are self-explenatory. [Less]

Trellis is an advanced learning management system which can be easily customized.

KWordQuiz is a general purpose flash card program. It can be used for vocabulary learning and many other subjects.