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Free Tools And

Systems For Open And E-

Learning

Free Tools And

Systems For Open And E-

Learning

Nazirah Binti mat sin, MMU, Malaysia Sarah Al asmry, ium, MalaysiaManswr AsmmrI, MMU, Malaysia

What are the different between traditional and E-learning?

A Open source E-leaning

systems

1- Atutordevelop and deliver online courses

Learning Management System (LMS)

2- Moodle

Course Management System (CMS)

Learning Management System (LMS)

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

3- Claroline

for collaborative e-learning and working online.

4- Dokeos

It provides all the features needed for e-learning

and blended learning management

BOpen source

E-leaning tools

1-OpenOffice

suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more

2- VUE

Visual Understanding Environment (VUE)

focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research.

VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing

digital information

3- GIMPThe Graphic Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

like Photoshop

4- CamStudioto makes a videorecording of yourcomputer screen or a specific area of it. used for explanation and presentations.

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. From the user standpoint, the concept of cloud computing can best be explained as a collection of server delivering resources that can be accessed remotely via the Internet in real-time.What is a Cloud Application Cloud? Applications are a sort of hybrid between traditional desktop applications and traditional web Applications.What defines a cloud for eLearning?

1- GOOGLE APP

You can share, backup, and simultaneously edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint®, and Excel® documents with coworkers

2- iCloud It lets you access your music, photos, calendars, contacts, documents, and more, from whatever devices you’re on.

3- SkyDrive

the most popular ways to upload, view, edit or share documents on the web

SkyDrive gives you access to up to 25GB.

Conclusion

In this paper we verified that cloud computing and open sours tools can be taken advantageof to build the next generation of platform-independent Elearning tools and data storage E-learning systems to provide open andE-learning. We can use open source elearning

tools or cloud computing.

References:

1-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software2- http://atutor.ca/index.php3- http://moodle.org4- http://www.claroline.net/?lang=en5- http://www.dokeos.com/en/products6- http://www.openoffice.org/why/7- http://vue.tufts.edu/8- http://www.gimp.org/9-http://camstudio.org/10- http://windowsteamblog.com/