metacoon is an open-source platform that can be used for online learning, cooperative work and for the creation of learning material. The system offers the functionality of a Learning Management System. The developer team also offers tools for the creation of learning and knowledge content(e.g. QTIquestions and tests or SCORM ). The software is published under the GNU General Public License. The offline authoring tools are freeware.
History
The project started in 1999 as a project for the development of learning content at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. After being used as the internal platform of the project the system was used for online courses at the university in 2002. Due to the interest of other educational organisations it was published under the GPL in 2004.
The development of the open source software is managed in Weimar, Germany.
In 2016, active development of metacoon ceased, with a shift in focus to open-source solutions in an “educational cloud”.
Origin of the name
The name “metacoon” derives from the Greek word meta and the word Cocoon (the Apache framework
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