Who Uses OLAT? List of OLAT Installations
As far as we know, there are about 150 OLAT installations running worldwide. Some of them are just for test purposes, some are used for internal training but most of them are productive installations at some university or higher education institution. We do list the most important ones below. To our knowledge, OLAT has been installed in the following countries:
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Italy
- Korea
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- USA
- Vietnam
From the visits on our website we know that there are people interested in OLAT at the following locations (see ClustrMaps for more information ):
OLAT.org website visits since the release of OLAT 5.2 (July 2007)Furthermore OLAT has been or is being translated into most of the above countries' national language and more translations are on their way. Please check our OLAT translations page for a complete overview! If your country is missing or if you are interested in translating OLAT, please send us an e-mail.
OLAT Main Installation: Universities of Zurich, Basel, Lucerne, PH St. Gallen and the Federal Institute of Technology
The main OLAT installation is located at the University of Zurich (maintained by the Multimedia & E-Learning Services of the University of Zurich) but used by more universities such as the University of Basel, the University of Bern, the University of Lucerne, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and in Lausanne. It is accessible via the "Swiss Login" 
AAI and therefore available for all AAI member institutions. Up and running since 1999 when OLAT 1.0 was installed.
- 14.06.2010: release 6.3.2 installed, 57.000 users, 2.900 authors and nearly 3.800 published courses
- Around 600 users simultaneously online every day; the maximum is 1100 users
- Single-server environment for OLAT, MySQL and Wildfire IM Server. See server requirements for more technical information.
Bildungsportal Sachsen BPS
The BPS Bildungsportal Sachsen GmbH decided to use OLAT as their strategic future LMS. The BPS is a joint venture company financed by 10 universities in the
state of Sachsen, Germany. Since BPS customized OLAT and built new features they renamed their product from OLAT to OPAL and promote their LMS under this name.
- Authentication done via Shibboleth infrastructure (Sachsen first and only German state using Shibboleth state-wide at all universities)
- Currently using the latest 5.2 release
- Nearly 20'000 registered users
BPS Bildungsportal Sachsen GmbH is one of the major contributors of the OLAT project.
University of Macerata – Italy
OLAT is the new central learning management system used by the University of Macerata for the “Intelligent Learning Environment”
project. The installation is configured as follows:
- Installation of OLAT 6.0.4
- Instant Messaging / Jabber enabled
OLAT is managed by the university's Centre for e-Learning (CELFI) supporting all Faculties offering e-Learning courses. Planned extensions (phased implementation during the ILE – Project):
- Tagging and LSA Tool
- Integrated Blog
- E-Portfolio
- AI – Tutoring Subsystem
- Video Conferencing facility (OpenMeetings)
Hochschule Furtwangen University
OLAT is the central learning management system used by the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences. It is promoted using
the name FELIX 2 (Furtwangen E-Learning and Information eXchange).
- Installation of OLAT 6.0
- Authentication via Shibboleth and customized auto-registration process linked to the central user directory of the university
- Extensions for special university Single Sign-on services
- Instant Messaging / Jabber enabled
OLAT is managed by the university's Informations- und Medienzentrum, Department for Learning Services.
Warmia and Mazury Vocational Education Centre in Olsztyn (Poland)
Warmia and Mazury Vocational Education Centre in Olsztyn is an educational organisation which deal with vocational courses
in many areas such as: building construction, landscape architecture, surveying and many others. It provides also many driving
license courses. Server maintained by Biuro Projektów Geoinformatycznych GEOMATIKK.
- Installation of OLAT 5.2.2
- Default language is Polish
- Instant Messaging / Openfire enabled
Andowson Chang - Translation and Installation Help, OLAT Chinese Users Community, Taiwan
Andowson Chang is devoted to the support of open source technologies in e-Learning for Chinese Users.
- Installation of OLAT 6.0.6(Apache 2.0.52 + Tomcat 5.5.26 + PostgreSQL 7.4.19)
- Instant Messaging / Openfire enabled
- Only a few users and course right now
Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
Evaluation of students of primary schools using the OLAT testing and evaluation tools. Status: Version 4.1.1 installed, 41'000
randomly generated evaluation accounts (regular OLAT users with access to evaluation courses).
TechNet – IT & Network Support Services, Greece
TechNet specializes in developing, deploying and maintaining e-learning solutions and content, based on OLAT, under the name TechNet LMS while also offering commercial support. Our Services include (but are not restricted to): Customizing, Development, Support,
Training & Content Production.
- OLAT 6.1.1 release installed
- Openfire 3.6.4 release installed
- Modified OLATcore and theme
- 20 Demo SCORM Courses
iVee - Instituto Virtual de Ensino Estruturado (Brazil)
The iVee is not only running an OLAT installation in Brazil, it is also responsible for the OLAT translation into Brazilian Portuguese.
Multicoisas Franquias Ltda. (Brazil)
Another OLAT installation in Brazil is run by the company Multicoisas Franquias Ltda. They currently have around 100 registered users but this number will grow to more than 600 in the future when more employees
get more used to using OLAT. This company is a store franchise that sells home accessories and currently have 60 stores in
all over Brazil. They plan to use OLAT to help the learning and training inside the company.
- Installation of OLAT 5.2.3
- Default language is Portuguese
mesimi.net, Kosova
Mesimi.net is an education plattform from Smart Bits GmbH (Switzerland, Kosovo). Smart Bits developed content for English, Project Management
and ECDL. The courses are accessible for schools in Kosovo, the American University Kosovo (AUK) and private companies and
institutions.
It is planned to rollout OLAT in all important education scenarios in Kosovo.
- Installation of OLAT 6
- Usage of english and albanien language
- Custom development to support remote login form
- Most content SCORM based
- Customized GUI
Customization and installation done by frentix GmbH
Gartenbauschule LVG Heidelberg, Germany
The LVG Heidelberg is a school for horticulture in Germany.
- Installation of OLAT 6.0
- Instant Messaging / Jabber enabled
- Customized GUI
Customization and installation done by frentix GmbH.
Zentrum für Ausbildung im Gesundheitswesen Kanton Zürich (ZAG), Switzerland
The ZAG is a new Swiss school for health care.
- Installation of OLAT 6.0
- User authentication using the LDAP extension
- Customized code extensions
- Video streaming and Picturepark media management integration
- Intranet is managed using OLAT; intranet designed on the OLAT course system (permanently visible in the top navigation unlike regular OLAT courses)
- Instant Messaging / Jabber enabled
- Customized GUI
Hosting, installation, customization and extension development done by frentix GmbH.
Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit Zürich HSSAZ, Switzerland
The HSSAZ is one of the eight Universities of Applied Sciences in Zurich and specializing in social work education.
- Installation of OLAT 4.0.1 standard version
- Instant Messaging / Jabber enabled
- Integrated additional non-OLAT component project agenda; a straightforward project-planning tool
Hosting, customization and installation of OLAT by imachine projekt ag.
University of Zurich IRC (Accounting and Controlling)
Decentralized installation for the accounting and controlling institute of the University of Zurich. Fork of early OLAT version,
individual GUI implementation
Academia Bohemica
The Academia Bohemica is a new internet university with the target to provide good university education for unprivileged people.
Courses in philosophy and history are now in preparation.
- OLAT 6.0.4 release installed
- Default language is Czech
- Some courses accessible with guest account
Frentix E-Learning Server
The frentix GmbH offers commercial services such as ASP, hosting, customizing, development, support, and training for the LMS OLAT. The learn.frentix.com
server is used by frentix for OLAT training courses and hosts courses from frentix customers.
Currently the version 6.3.1 is installed.
Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology FSUIT
The HERMES project management method is used to manage, develop and execute projects in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It has been developed
by the federal administration in 1975 and has since then underwent extensive revisions in 1986 and 1995. HERMES is not just
used by the federal administration as open standard but is also at the disposal of cantons, educational institutions and business
enterprises. HERMES has become a significant success as regards numerous ICT projects and serves as a common guideline for
service providers and service procurers, in particular for project purchasers, project managers and project employees.
OLAT is used to train the HERMES project management method. Currently the version 5.0 is installed.
Installation, customization and extension development done by frentix GmbH.
KTSI: Höhere Fachschule (HF) für Technik
The KTSI is a technical school in Basel, Switzerland.
In 2006 students evaluated and tested OLAT. The positive result of that project convinced the school board to push OLAT as their e-learning platform. In January 2007 OLAT went live and is very successful according to the school director.
Top Originators, USA
The goal of Top Originators is to introduce their customers to the profitable world of loan origination. For online training purposes the company is
using a customized and extended version of OLAT.
- Based on OLAT 3.2.1
- Addition of a certification course element
- Addition of a search course element
- GUI customization
Installation, customization and extension development done by Agile Studios, USA.
Alta scuola pedagogica dei Grigoni, Switzerland
Since spring 2007 the Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden offers an OLAT server running on the latest 5.1.3 release.
Realized and implemented by the ICT-Atelier in Chur.
INSIGNARE - Planejamento e Pedagogia Empresarial, Brazil
INSIGNARE - Planejamento e Pedagogia Empresarial interact with their customers using modern concepts of Learning and Performance Architecture and u-Learning best practices.
Our activities range from the pedagogical strategic planning to the implementation of methodologies, standards, processes,
software and ongoing learning.
OLAT 6.2 platform ensures our quality services in the u-Learning activities anywhere in the world. OLAT is a great partner and a strong reference in Learning Content Management System, developed by the Multimedia and e-Learning Services (MELS) team from the University of Zurich, through a social responsibility network.
We want to reach at least 10,000 people by December 2012, using OLAT in non-governmental institutions, public or private, throughout the world, especially in Latin America and Africa.
- Installation of OLAT 6.2.2
- Default language is portuguese
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