1. © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Creating, handling and implementing e-learning courses using the open source tools OLAT and eLML at the University of Zurich E-LEARN 09, Vancouver October 28th, 2009 Joël Fisler, University of Zurich

2. 2 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact Overview The University of Zurich eLML: eLesson Markup Language Demo OLAT: Online Learning And Training Open Source Community Question and Discussion Intro

3. 3 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact The University of Zurich (UZH) Some facts about the University of Zurich: Founded in 1833 Largest of the 10 Swiss universities 150 institutes or clinics 25000 students, 7500 staff, 500 prof. 2004: University of Zurich open source strategy - use and release OS software Intro

4. 4 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact eLML (eLesson Markup Language): Content Creation For authors Standalone-App XML based eLML vs. OLAT OLAT (Online Learn- ing And Training): LMS For everyone Web-Application Java based Both tools support the SCORM and the IMS Content Packaging standard. Thus content is imported into OLAT from eLML using one of these standards. Intro

5. 5 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact Why use XML to create content? 1.Fix structure validated by schema 2.Separation of content and layout 3.Different output formats possible (XHTML, PDF, LaTeX, SCORM, IMS Content Packages, ODF,...) 4.XML is a widely used and well-known open W3C-standard available on any operating system  Sustainability! eLML

6. 6 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact 1. eLML structure/schema eLML

7. 7 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact 2. Separation content and layout Transformed eLML lesson as HTML, SCORM, IMS Content Package, PDF etc. Result: eLML lesson (XML) Content: eLML template (XSLT) Layout: + eLML

8. 8 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact eLML 3. Different output formats

9. 9 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact 3. Different output formats Output format:Technology used: Web/Online(X)HTML 1.0 Learning Management Systems SCORM or IMS CP Print/PDFXSL-FO or LaTeX Office DocumentOpen Document Format (ODF) ReportsDocBook eLML www.eLML.org

10. 10 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact OLAT - Demo OLAT Demo Server: http://demo.olat.orghttp://demo.olat.org Demo

11. 11 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact OLAT: The last 10 years 1999: OLAT starts as a student project 2000: Winner of European Medida Prix 2001: Part of IT Services at UZH 2004: OLAT become strategic LMS at UZH 2004: First release as open source software 2006: First cooperation with State of Saxony 2008: Swiss open source award 2008: Google Summer of Code participation 2009: IMS Award for best LMS OLAT

12. 12 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact OLAT today at the UZH OLAT at the University of Zurich (UZH) Switzerland-wide login for all students 46‘000 registered users 2‘500 authors 3‘100 published courses 9‘000 unique logins / day 1‘000 concurrent users (max: 1‘850) Scalability: 5 servers (load-balancing) OLAT Team at UZH: 12 employees OLAT

13. 13 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact Community: Who is using OLAT? Who is using OLAT? -State of Saxony (Germany), University of Hamburg, University of Maccerata (Italy)... -Over 100 OLAT servers running worldwide - Ca. 20 downloads of source code per day: Open Source

14. 14 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact Available OLAT translations The University of Zurich is responsible for German, English, Italian and French, other translations are managed by the community. Open Source

15. 15 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact Comparison with other LMS OLATMoodleSakaiBlackb. LicenseOS Comme- cial TechnologyJavaPHPJava Start1999200020041998 Where?Europe, Asia WorldUS&UKWorld Translations31591012 Servers>10060000~150? ParticipationCoCoMartin D. is “the boss” Found. $10000 – Open Source

16. 16 © 2009 Multimedia & E-Learning Services, IT Services, University of Zurich Open Source Intro OLAT eLML Demo Contact Contact & Links Joël Fisler, University of Zurich joel.fisler@id.uzh.ch OLAT Website: http://www.olat.org OLAT Demo Server: http://demo.olat.org The University of Zurich is interested in cooperating with other universities Contact