Chamiluda madrid-2013: Past, present and future
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ChamiloPast, present, future
Projects, plans and hopes
Chamiluda Madrid 2013Frans Kamp
Treasurer, Chamilo Association - 2013 -
The Chamilo project
We believe in technological tools to sublime education
(that's why we're building them)
Past
Our history
2001-2003 2004-2009 2010-...
Claroline Dokeos Chamilo
Code for Chamilo LMS
Code for Chamilo LCMS
Present
Community
Educationalplatforms
AssociationPartners
Jobs
Free Software
4 companies / 2 universities
+300 people aroundthe world have
Chamilo-related jobs
5 directors in 4 countriesR&D projects
Adaptable / No licensing costs
The Chamilo ecosystem
6M users
Essential aspects
Platforms Easiness / Usability / Accesibility Saving time for education Enhancing corporate training
Community Support Promote
2 plataforms
Chamilo LMS Easy to use Fast Social
Chamilo LCMS Connect Collaboration Learning objects Connecting to external repositories
Starts: 2001Users: ~6 million
Starts: 2006Users: ~100,000
http://lcms.chamilo.org
Future
Objectives
Improve education / corporate training Help develop best practices Teach better, faster
Help more students, in more places With better tools
To give greater autonomy to association
ProjectsShort term
Chamilo LCMS
Release of Chamilo LCMS Connect v4 (Q4) Pages, files and webpages (=documents) Improved exercises Improved reports
Chamilo LMS
Release of Chamilo LMS v1.9.8 (minor version) Correction of ~50 bugs of 1.9.6 New plugins:
OpenMeetings (videoconference) Tickets (support) for universities or large companies Screencast
Tasks tool redesign Mobile versions
Android: Development by UC3M Iphone: iLearning application review (see screenshot) Others: improvement of HTML5 support
Chamilo Association
Setting budget for 2013-2014First investment in development (fixing bugs) in 2013New members management system (NoSoloRed's contrib)SSL certificates for *.chamilo.orgMore contributors/collaboratorsGreater diffusion (marketing@chamilo.org)Release of book “Quick starter guide” on lulu.com (soon)Most of these contributions made by volunteers!
PlansMedium term (2014)
Chamilo LCMS
Interface improvements (- clics, + info for users, interface re-design)MediaMosa connector improvementUsability improvements for objects permsDrag & dropImprovements in bug fixing processAutomated testing
Chamilo LMS (1/3)
Release of Chamilo LMS v10/14 (major version) Compatibility with more databases
PostGreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle Load balancing for databases Mobile Interface: HTML5 jQuery-Mobile + Android Translations through Gettext Debian/Ubuntu package Native videoconference 1-to-1 (WebRTC) Native SVG icons (greater quality and speed)
Chamilo LMS (2/3)
Exercise tool Questions categories Progress marker (see screenshot) Copy-paste blocking Greater feedback control Grading by jury members
WYSIWYG CKEditor / full HTML5 → OK with Safari
HTML5 multimedia OGG videos + automated conversion on Linux servers Audio oga + mp3
Chamilo LMS (3/3)
Security Captcha Password complexity check
Integrations Google Docs (input/output) Google Calendar (input/output)
Use of standard programmatic components Symfony Composer
Chamilo Association
Chamilo University (getting certified on Chamilo)More university membersFull time staffNew translations system (Pootle): more collaborative (suggestions, ranking, etc)Crowdfunding system
fund.chamilo.org abandonned, looking at KickstarterNew collaborative wiki documentation tool
Tikiwiki
HopesLong term
Chamilo LMS
Integration TinCan APIEmbedded videos editorMindMap ToolDropBox.com connectorOpenODF (online office documents edition)
Chamilo Association
Autonomous entity5 people staffRepresentation in USA, Asia and AfricaGreater interaction with other open LMSes
Claroline (ongoing) Moodle (occasional) ILIAS (only SCORM-approved open system) Sakai (good interface)
Results to our efforts so far
Chamilo Free Campus
Chamilo Free Campus
260,000 users15,000 courses
177 countries in 2013
Community evolution
Dokeos (9y)
Chamilo (4y)
Community evolution
Community
To great community...
...great responsibilities
What the community does
Forums Support other teachers Suggest new features Errors reporting Errors fixing / Features development
Local groups (local meetings)Organize word-spreading eventsBuild free contentSpread the word
Contact
Frans Kamp
Treasurer – Chamilo Association Helix Learning
Twitter: @chamilo_newsE-mail: info@chamilo.org
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