Didactor

Didactor is a low-threshold and open source E-learning platform that frees organizations to spend their innovation budgets on truly educative innovation. The Mediator Group, a Dutch educational institute and innovator in the field of education initiated it.

The platform is developed from a didactic perspective, which is considered to be "One of the most crucial prerequisites for successful implementation of E-learning." Furthermore, it's based on the methodology of learning objects, which is an important trend in E-learning.

The Didactor's architecture meets international standards like the IEEE's standard Learning Object Metadata (LOM). Developers are now in the process of integrating the flexible generic language IMS Learning Design. The system is highly platform independent and has adopted standards like JavaTM, XML, J2EETM and JDBCTM.

Didactor is based on the learning objects methodology and fulfills open and didactic standards. Educators can define and create pieces of knowledge and group them into separate objects. These objects are stored in a database and described with educational metadata. This structure allows educators to share objects and combine them to create lessons or courses. Didactor consists of 23 didactic components, like e-portfolio, assessment, competence management, group discussion, chat etc.