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Excerpt of current Chamilo code, 2013
/**
* Gets the last failure stored in $api_failureList;
*
* @author Hugues Peeters <hugues.peeters@claroline.net>
* @param void
* @return string - the last failure stored
*/
function api_get_last_failure() {
global $api_failureList;
return $api_failureList[count($api_failureList) - 1];
}](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/chamilo-vs-moodle-mensa-en-130319204933-phpapp02/85/Chamilo-advantages-against-other-LMSes-11-320.jpg)
Chamilo advantages against other LMSes
- 2. Introduction ● Yannick Warnier ● Belgium (24y), England (4y), Peru (5y) ● Founder of the Chamilo project ● Main dev until 2011 ● Chamilo Association president 2012-2014 ● Software Engineer ● Passion for IT in Education
- 3. The Chamilo project We believe that high quality and accessible tech tools can sublime* education (so we're building them) * to sublime (in this case) = to transform in a radical way in comparison to how it works now
- 4. The Chamilo project We believe that high quality and accessible tech tools can sublime* education (so we're building them) Accesible = free as in freedom + free as in beer
- 5. The Chamilo project We believe that high quality and accessible tech tools can sublime* education (so we're building them) Accesible = free as in freedom + free as in beer + easy to use
- 6. Virtual circle Community 3.6M users 4500 portals Jobs E-learning +200 around the Easy to use world have Chamilo-focused jobs Association Partners 5 directors 5 companies / 4 universities Role: Coordination + Boost collaboration + Free Software Defend freedom most important: Customizable / Without license costs
- 7. Teaching models ● Who builds the course = who decides the model ● Chamilo rejects imposing “the best” model ● Social constructivism is not always the best
- 8. Free Chamilo Campus usage – until December 2012 ~12 countries do not use it
- 9. Popularity Growth in 12 months = 300% Source: version.chamilo.org/stats/
- 10. History ● Chamilo = fork of Dokeos = fork of Claroline ● Fork = same codebase, another philosophy ● Claroline (first public release): 2001 ● Dokeos 1.5: 2004 ● Chamilo 1.8.6.2: 2010 ● Some parts of Chamilo date back to 2001
- 11. History Excerpt of current Chamilo code, 2013 /** * Gets the last failure stored in $api_failureList; * * @author Hugues Peeters <hugues.peeters@claroline.net> * @param void * @return string - the last failure stored */ function api_get_last_failure() { global $api_failureList; return $api_failureList[count($api_failureList) - 1]; }
- 12. History: Conclusion (the codebase of) Chamilo builds on 12 years of expertise already
- 13. Features
- 14. Easy
- 15. How easy? ● 1 day teachers training is enough (vs 5 days for others) ● Many Chamilo users do not start e-learning with Chamilo – They come out of disgust for other LMSes ● Creating a course: 2 clicks, one mandatory option ● Uploading a document: 4 clicks ● Friendly, coloured and meaningful iconography ● International basic certification starting at US$20
- 16. Complete
- 17. 20 course tools ● Wiki ● Working groups ● Assignments ● Exercises/Exams ● Learning paths ● Gradebooks/Rubrics ● Glossary ● Documents ● ...
- 18. Makes content building much easier
- 19. Makes content building much easier
- 20. More social
- 21. Extensible / Customizable without dev ● 20 pre-integrated plugins ● +300 configuration options for customization ● Download / Upload of CSS styles ● Theme changes (+templates available through code) ● Quick integration of contributed modules to core ● Automatic maintenance of modules
- 22. Interconectivity / Interoperability ● Drupal ● Joomla ● PrestaShop (e-commerce) ● OpenERP ● BigBlueButton (videoconf) ● Flash, MP3, OGG, WAV ● SCORM / HotPotatoes / IMS/QTI ● LDAP / CAS / Shibboleth / OpenID / Facebook
- 23. Web services Careers Courses Skills Chamilo OpenERP Drupal Academical systems
- 24. Participative
- 25. User care ● Chamilo forum ● 250-pages free manual in English ● Public code and tasks repositories ● Global events in videoconference ● Local events ● Continental community coordinators ● Global communications manager ● Chamilo Event Latinamerica 2013: 4/05/2013 – chamiluda.org ● Chamilo Event Europe 2013: 17-18/10/2013 – chamilo.org
- 26. Powerful
- 27. Load resistant? ● Max reached in Chamilo LMS portals – 3,500 simultaneous users – 580,000 registered users – 19,000 courses – 420,000 sessions – 7,000,000 “attendances” ● Measurments of resource usage – 14MB RAM per full page load (vs 40MB for other LMS) – Entire package is 60MB to download (minified version available) – Runs on an XO laptop (One Laptop per Child project) with minor modifications
- 28. Contact Yannick Warnier President Chamilo Association e-mail: info@chamilo.org @ywarnier @chamilonoticias This presentation is available under the Creative Commons BY-SA license. Author: Yannick Warnier