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Welcome to OLAT (Online Learning And Training), the web-based termLearning Management System

  • OLAT is open source and free of charge
  • Supports all major standards
  • Authoring tools for HTML and IMS CP
  • Flexible and can be used intuitively
  • Stable and expandable
  • Extremely flexible course configuration


Overview

OLAT offers a flexible online course system along with extensive features to guarantee learning and teaching independent of time and place. It has been created especially for public institutions such as universities, academies or colleges, but it is also suitable for other businesses.

OLAT has been developed course-based to offer didactic freedom at the preparation of learning contents. The vast user and group management and a multitude of collaborative tools permits you to realize any teaching scenario without restriction.

The development of OLAT started in 1999 at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where it is the strategic learning management system and deployed on the main OLAT server. The University of Zurich leads the further development and engages a team of 18 developers pushing OLAT to the next level...

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Documentation & Support
There is an extensive documentation on how to use, administrate or install OLAT. Have a look at the documentation section or post on our mailing lists.

Latest News

eLearningCheck 2012: OLAT is "Vendor of the Year"

(02.02.2012) Yesterday the rankings of the customers votum of the eLearningCHECK 2012 were presented at the Learntec: OLAT was chosen for the award "Vendor of the Year 2012" which is provided by CHECK.point eLearning and others. Our team member Sandra Arnold went to Karlsruhe to receive the price in the name of the University of Zurich and the OLAT community.

OLAT Programme 2012

(30.01.2012) In support of our vision we have launched an extensive programme for 2012 which targets the teaching and learning needs of large education institutions. This programme includes simplified and integrated course structures and support for case based learning and e-Assessment. In addition there will also be a comprehensive reworking of the security and persistence frameworks. We are greatly encouraged by the level of support and enthusiasm for this programme already shown within the University of Zurich and we look forward to working together with contributors, educators and learning co-ordinators in delivering on our goals! More news to follow!

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