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User:Papagel/EFront (eLearning software)
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eFront professor page screenshot with Firefox
Developer(s) EPIGNOSIS LTD
Stable release 3.6.3 / 10 June 2010
Operating
system
Cross-platform
Type Course Management System
License CPAL
Website efrontlearning.net [1]
eFront is an open source eLearning platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS), or Learning
Management Systems (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)).
eFront is designed to assist with the creation of online learning communities while offering various opportunities for
collaboration and interaction through an easy-to-use, icon-based user interface. The platform offers features like
tools for content creation, a test builder, a project management tool, extended statistics, internal messaging, forum,
chat, surveys and others. It is a SCORM 1.2 [2] and SCORM 2004 / 4th edition [3] compliant and certified system.
Several features of the platform (e.g., skills management, organization structure) make it suitable for organizational
use, especially for human resource departments. eFront is a multilingual platform offered in 40 languages [4] .
Due to its open-source nature eFront is often referred to as a Moodle alternative [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] . Independent
comparison matrices between eFront and other learning management systems is often favorable for eFront especially
under usability characteristics [10] [11] . Several research papers cover the system under functionality [12] , usability
[13] and standards perspectives [14] [15] .
History
Initial development of the platform began in 2001 as a research prototype funded from the Greek government.
SCORM development together with a shift on AJAX technologies lead to a stable 2.5 version during 2005. eFront
was rewritten from scratch and released using an open-source license in September 2007. Enterprise extensions were
integrated with the platform on version 3.5. Social extensions were the most significant addition to version 3.6 [16] .
Editions
Apart from the community edition that is distributed as open source software, there are three commercial editions
with a modified features set, targeted at learning professionals, educational institutions and enterprises [17] . All
versions are provided with their source code but only the community edition uses an Open Source Initiative (OSI)
accepted license. The commercial versions of eFront are distributed via a partners network with presence in 25
countries [18] .