Eliademy
e-learning | |
Owner | CBTec |
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URL | eliademy |
Registration | Required |
Users | 50000+ (April 2014)[1] |
Launched | February 11, 2013 |
Current status | Offline [2] |
Eliademy [əlɪaˈdəmi] was a free online classroom that allowed educators and students to create, share and manage online courses with real-time discussions and task management. Eliademy was based on Moodle (support import in Moodle format), Bootstrap and other open source technologies.[3] Eliademy was unveiled to public in February 2013[4] by CBTec. Eliademy was available in 32 languages.
History
CBTec was founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2012 by Sotiris Makrygiannis and Sergey Gerasimenko.[5] Following Nokia announcement on choosing Windows Phone as primary OS for its phones,[6] Sotiris Makrygiannis, at the time Director of Open Source Operations, left together with 16 MeeGo colleagues. Their last project in Nokia was award-winning Nokia N9.
Eliademy Android client (also compatible with
In April 2014, Nordics VC company Inventure has completed an undisclosed seed investment in Eliademy.[1] In June 2014, Eliademy launched a fully localized version in China.[8][9]
Eliademy is based on the Open Source
Recognition
Eliademy has been featured on TechCrunch.[4][8][3][12] and in other sources.[9] In June 2014, it was named by EdTech Europe as one of Europe's 20 fastest growing and most Innovative e-Learning companies.[13] In February 2015 it was selected[14] as Finalist for the 2015 Edison Awards in category "Living, Working and Learning" and received Gold Award[15] during award ceremony in New York in April 2015.
The end
Eliademy service discontinued December 2019 due to financial problems of CBTec.[2]
References
- ^ a b Inventure invests in online education platform Eliademy Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. "Inventure" April 25, 2014.
- ^ a b Eliademy [@eliademy] (December 17, 2019). "Our services are terminated due to financial reasons. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact support if you want dedicated servers for your courses. #sadnews" (Tweet). Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b O'Hear, Steve. Eliademy, The MOOC Founded By Ex-Nokians, Gets Android App To Benefit The Wider Moodle Community. "TechCrunch" June 3, 2013.
- ^ a b O'Hear, Steve. Eliademy, a free online classroom from Finland democratizes education with technology. "TechCrunch" March 12, 2013.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ Heather, Brian. Nokia's Stephen Elop is still over MeeGo, even if the N9 is a hit. "Engadget" June 25, 2011.
- ^ eliademy-android project at GitHub
- ^ a b Li, Shuhang 芬兰开放课程平台 Eliademy 推出中文版 4月获种子轮融资. "TechCrunch China" June 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Lee, Emma Finnish MOOC Platform Eliademy Launches Chinese Version. "TechNode" June 13, 2014.
- ^ a b "MeeGo To MOOCs, Ex-Nokians Launch Eliademy To Put Education In The Cloud". TechCrunch. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Sotiris says (2 August 2013). "Another Look at Eliademy, a cloud-based alternative to Moodle | Moodle News". lmspulse.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Lomas, Natasha. Finnish Startup Gets Seed Backing For Its Online Education Platform Play, Eliademy. "TechCrunch" April 24, 2014.
- ^ Scott, Laura Europe's 20 Fastest Growing and Most Innovative e-Learning Companies Named. "RealWire" June 6, 2014.
- ^ 2015 Edison Awards Finalists. 2015 Edison Award Finalists. February 25, 2015.
- ^ 2015 Edison Award Winners. 2015 Edison Award Winners. April 24, 2015.