By Blackboard is a free learning management system for K12 and Higher Ed Instructors enabling blended & eLearning. The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education. At universities, educational software largely means enterprise-scale, expensive, feature-stuffed "learning management systems.
" Blackboard has the majority of the market, but professors and students are about as enthusiastic about its various updates, crashes, and bugs as people are with the latest version of Windows (Blackboard scores a whopping 93% "hated" rating on website Amplicate). Last week, a new alternative was launched--built by students--that looks and works a lot more like the social platforms people actually choose to use in their spare time. The core of the site is a constantly updated social Stream where instructors and students can conduct discussions or easily post rich media. Coursekit. Coursekit. Dokeos. Dokeos is an open source corporate learning suite with four components: AUTHOR to build e-learning content, LMS to handle interaction with learners, SHOP to sell a course catalog, and EVALUATE for assessment and certification.
Background[edit] In 2008, an "unpaid independent review" concluded that the Dokeos user community was active and supportive and had helped develop the program.[1] The user community had contributed many extensions including RSS Readers, polling, reservation, peer review, and grade book capabilities.[1][citation needed] Standards[edit] Dokeos is programmed in PHP, Javascript and HTML.[1] It is SCORM compliant.[1] Features[edit] Home - EduGarage (Blackboard Developers Network) -Â Confluence. [v3] Brodev.com - Prayers Mod.