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 ([email protected])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: [email protected]