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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
The Chamilo project
We believe thathigh 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
The Chamilo project
We believe thathigh quality and accessible tech tools
can sublime* education(so we're building them)
Accesible = free as in freedom + free as in beer
The Chamilo project
Accesible = free as in freedom + free as in beer + easy to use
We believe thathigh quality and accessible tech tools
can sublime* education(so we're building them)
Virtual circle
Community
E-learningEasy to use
AssociationPartners
Jobs
Free Software
5 companies / 4 universities
+200 around theworld have
Chamilo-focused jobs
5 directorsRole: Coordination +Boost collaboration +
Defend freedom
3.6M users4500 portals
most important: Customizable / Without license costs
Teaching models
● Who builds the course = who decides the model● Chamilo rejects imposing “the best” model● Social constructivism is not always the best
Free Chamilo Campus usage – until December 2012
~12 countries do not use it
Popularity
Growth in 12 months = 300%
Source: version.chamilo.org/stats/
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
History
/**
* Gets the last failure stored in $api_failureList;
*
* @author Hugues Peeters <[email protected]>
* @param void
* @return string - the last failure stored
*/
function api_get_last_failure() {
global $api_failureList;
return $api_failureList[count($api_failureList) - 1];
}
Excerpt of current Chamilo code, 2013
History: Conclusion
(the codebase of)
Chamilo builds on12 years of expertise already
Features
Easy
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
Complete
20 course tools
● Wiki
● Working groups
● Assignments
● Exercises/Exams
● Learning paths
● Gradebooks/Rubrics
● Glossary
● Documents
● ...
Makes content building much easier
Makes content building much easier
More social
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
Interconectivity / Interoperability
● Drupal
● Joomla
● PrestaShop (e-commerce)
● OpenERP
● BigBlueButton (videoconf)
● Flash, MP3, OGG, WAV
● SCORM / HotPotatoes / IMS/QTI
● LDAP / CAS / Shibboleth / OpenID / Facebook
Web services
Chamilo
OpenERP Drupal
Academical systems
Courses
Careers
Skills
Participative
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
Powerful
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
Contact
Yannick Warnier
President
Chamilo Association
e-mail: [email protected]
@ywarnier
@chamilonoticias
This presentation is available under the Creative Commons BY-SA license. Author: Yannick Warnier
