Need suggestions for e-learning framework

Question

One of our teachers wants to explore the possibility of putting his stuff up on the internet in a form that students can access outside of class hours.

Some of the things he asked about were:

1. student login (registration, username/password.)
2. mechanism for secure upload of student work (so that students can't see each other's work)
3. support for downloading of various media
4. some possibilities for customisation of interface
5. 3rd party hosting preferred (though could be hosted here at a pinch)
6. works anywhere in the world, even behind the great firewall of China

I think he's after something between DropBox and a forum.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Dokedos is a open source online learning suite. It provides all the features needed for e-learning and blended learning management: From Authoring to Reporting.

Answer 2

I've heard good things about Moodle

Answer 3

Joomla LMS

• based on Joomla
• http://www.joomlalms.com/

eFront

• features

also Moodle too, but I haven't heard good things and my user experience with moodle is terrible

Answer 4

There is a commercial service called Blackboard which does this.

Answer 5

BlackBoard is way expensive and not user friendly - I have been stuck using it at work for last 8 or so years and couldn't recommend it. I have sysadmined Moodle for quite a while and love its flexibility. Why not try the demos at opensourcecms.com to see which one suits you?

Answer 6

Firstclass.

http://www.firstclass.com/

Answer 7

I suggest efront, it is easy to use

Answer 8

We're using dokeos. We analised also moodle but in our experience was more difficult to use, particularly for users without elearning experience.

Administration in dokeos is really simple.

Answer 9

I have not used it for e-learning, but somehow Elgg is (or used to be) known for that.