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Dokeos
Developer(s) Dokeos
Stable release 1.8.6 / June 1, 2009
Operating
system
Cross-platform
Type Course Management System
License GPL
Website
Dokeos.com [1]
Dokeos is a company dedicated to open source Learning Management Systems. Its main product is a
SCORM-compliant open source learning suite used by multinational companies, federal administrations and
universities.
Dokeos operates on a professional open-source business model based on open code, community development,
professional consulting, quality-assurance services, and subscription-based customer support.
History
Development
Dokeos started as a company [2] and a learning management system in early 2004 under the impulse of Thomas De
Praetere. The product was build from various existing open source modules including Nuke, PhpBB and Openoffice.
In 2004, Dokeos focused on versions of the 1.5 series, a learning platform with tools to track learners progress and
share content between learners.
In 2005, 2006 and early 2007, the Dokeos team strengthened with the combined efforts of a strong Belgium-based
universitarian community and a team of six developers in the company, and they developed the 1.6.x series. This
collaboration was progressively replaced by more client-oriented developments, leading to a professional software.
From late 2007 to date (2009), the Dokeos company (with occasional community contribution) developed the 1.8.x
series which clearly improved the corporate usefulness of the system, with a layer of web services to connect to
external HR, CRM and ERP systems, several modules to connect to open-source CMS (Drupal and Joomla) and an
improved reporting system, as well as efficiency-focused features.
From 2007 on, the Belgian community, together with a few other development groups from Europe, started work on
Dokeos 2.0, or Dokeos LCMS. In late 2007, Dokeos extended with a Latino-American company [3] , which added a
considerable coding contribution to the development of versions 1.8.5 and 1.8.6.
As of 2009, the Dokeos company is working on the 1.8.x series (with an 1.8.6 released June 2009).