Free Hosted Learning Management Systems

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Permalink Reply by Kerry Eberhardt on March 3, 2008 at 10:55am

Does www.hotchalk.com fall under this category? A colleague told me about it and I have used it a couple of times just to play around with it. I have a website that I use but it expires in April and I am looking for a FREE replacement :]

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on March 3, 2008 at 2:57pm

It looks like it does. I will sign-up for an account and review it in the next day or so.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Staton on March 29, 2008 at 12:53pm

You can use facebook with http://apps.facebook.com/courses

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Permalink Reply by Nellie Deutsch on April 21, 2008 at 3:07am

Thank you for sharing and volunteering to evaluate free hosting options and LMS solutions. I would add afmu for free hosting for Moodle and learnhub for LMS solutions.

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on April 21, 2008 at 6:50pm

It was fun to do; I just hope it helps people as they move forward. I will try to take a look at these.

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Permalink Reply by Graham Glass on April 21, 2008 at 6:53pm

There was a review of Edu2.0 done by The Journal. The link is:

http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22456_2

Here's a quote:

Edu2.0 is a spectacular example of a learning community done right in terms of the technological sophistication and depth and breadth of resources available. It offers a complete Web-based learning management system for public and private teaching, more than 10,000 shared online resources, and a range of networking and collaboration features--wikis, blogs, feeds, chat, etc. And it also includes assessments, attendance logs, grading, assignments, and many other features found in traditional learning management systems but without the cost of commercial systems and without the hassle of implementing an LMS from scratch. There is no cost for Edu2.0, and there is no advertising on the site. And, unlike many social sites out there, Edu2.0 is easy on the eyes and on the brain.

He ends with:

Edu2.0 is really the standout in broad-based learning communities.

Since the site it free, I figured you wouldn't mind a little self-promotion ;-)

Cheers,
Graham

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Robitaille on May 26, 2008 at 6:47pm

Thank you so much for this most helpful dialogue. I am in search of a free, hosted learning management system, and this forum has been most helpful. It appears that both Edu 2.0 and ECTO may meet my needs. They both look so good; I have a difficult decision ahead of me. Thanks again everyone.

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on May 27, 2008 at 4:31am

No problem I hope one of those two work well for you.

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Permalink Reply by Nellie Deutsch on May 29, 2008 at 7:22am

Andrew,

I use Moodle (CMS) which is free, LearnHub, and WiZiQ.

Let me know if you would like a demo.

Nellie Deutsch

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on May 29, 2008 at 5:11pm

Nellie:

LearnHub and WiZiQ look good... is LearnHub a student pay only (they mentioned selling on-line learning). I will try to do a review of these two... it may be time to make another blog entry with all of the new entries listed, reviewed and summarized with the old ones.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on May 28, 2008 at 11:49am

I notice you are extending your remit to cover services that specialize in excellence in one area of elearing. Yacapaca specializes in K-12 assessment, and I believe does it better than any of the LMSs in your list. If you feel it is appropriate, I would be delighted to see your review of Yacapaca.

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Permalink Reply by indigo196 on May 28, 2008 at 4:29pm

I have some time over the next few days to review the site. Please feel free to send me a private message here if there are parts you wish me to focus on.

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