Claroline
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| Developer(s) | UCL/IPM, ECAM |
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| Stable release |
1.11.10 / 28 February 2014
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| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Available in | 35 languages |
| Type | LMS |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | claroline |
Claroline is a collaborative eLearning and eWorking platform (learning management system) released under the GPL open-source license. It allows hundreds of organizations worldwide ranging from universities to schools and from companies to associations to create and administer courses and collaboration spaces over the web. The platform is used in more than 100 countries and is available in 35 languages.
The Claroline platform is organized around the concept of space associated to a course or a pedagogical activity. Each course space provides a list of tools enabling the teacher to:
Since 2000, Claroline development teams have been focusing on the code stability and the development of features in line with the user's needs. The main concern of the developers is not to build up a large number of new features, but to concentrate upon a few elaborated tools concerning the pedagogical approach and the interface offered to the users. Besides, a large worldwide community of users and developers contributes to Claroline's development and diffusion extensively.
In order to promote the use of Claroline and encourage the relationship between contributors, each year, the Claroline community meets at the Annual Conference of Claroline Users (ACCU). The ACCU is a unique opportunity to meet users and developers of many countries to share experiences and accomplishment. The first ACCU was organized the 22 and 23 May 2006 in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), and was also held in other cities such as Vigo (Spain), Lyon (France) and Saidia (Morocco).
The Claroline project is the winner of the 2007 UNESCO - King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education. The project was chosen from among 68 projects from 51 countries.
In addition to the developments related to the maintenance and evolution of the current version of the platform, development teams are working on a new version of Claroline.
Remaining true to the principles of simplicity, flexibility and stability that characterize Claroline, this version, known as code name Claroline Connect, will offer many new features while maintaining some general guidelines:
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