Very nice work at XPLANA by Rob Reynolds.
19 open source course management systems analyzed and rated according to 6 parameters.
My two cents: I’ve written down all the information and put it in a table, so you can catch it at a glance.
S: Scalability
O: Openness
A: Administration
I: Implementation
F: Functionality
E: Effectiveness
TT: Total
| Technology | S | O | A | I | F | E | TT | |
| Colloquia | Java | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| CourseWork | Java | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| eConf | Java | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| eLedge | Java | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| OpenCourseWare | Java | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| CHEF (*) | Java | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
| ATutor | PHP | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| Claroline | PHP | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| ClassWeb | PHP/Perl | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| eLecture | PHP | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Moodle (**) | PHP | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Segue | PHP | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Fle3 | Phyton/Zope | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| KEWL | ASP | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Bazaar | Perl | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| LON-CAPA | Perl | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| MimerDesk | Perl | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| WeBWork | Perl | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| .LRN | Pcl | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
(*) CHEF: Top system in terms of Scalability and Development Flexibility
(**) Moodle: Top system in terms of Pedagogical Flexibility
If you need to cite this article in a formal way (i.e. for bibliographical purposes) I dare suggest:
Peña-López, I. (2004) “Open Source Courseware — Evaluation and Rating at XPLANA” In ICTlogy,
#7, April 2004. Barcelona: ICTlogy.
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https://ictlogy.net/review/?p=117
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