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 Screenshot of a Mahara e-portfolio dashboard | |
| Original author(s) | Catalyst IT Limited and contributors |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1 April 2008 [1] |
| Stable release | 20.04.2
/ 22 October 2020
[2] |
| Repository |
git |
| Written in | PHP |
| Type | Electronic portfolio system |
| License | GPLv3+ [3] |
| Website |
mahara |
Mahara is an open-source web-based electronic portfolio (eportfolio) management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. [3] [9] The Māori language word mahara means "to think about or consider". [10] [11]
History
Mahara began in 2006 as a collaboration between Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington, funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission. [12] Mahara was initially developed by Catalyst IT Limited, a New Zealand open-source software company, and first released in April 2008. [1] Development of Mahara has since expanded to include a community of contributors, including the New Zealand Ministry of Education. [13]
The software was designed to be an open-source electronic portfolio platform to support the student learning and personal learning environment goals of educational institutions. [12] Mahara allows students to select their own work and prepare an online portfolio, to both share in a university classroom context and show to future employers. [14]
Language support
Mahara supports translation into different languages using language packs, and contributions of complete or near-complete coverage have been provided for Japanese, Basque, French, Māori, Slovenian, German, Czech, and Danish languages. [15]
References
- ^ a b "1.0.0_RELEASE tag". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Mahara 20.04 series". LaunchPad. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Mahara COPYING license file". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Darren, Cambridge (2012). E-Portfolios and Global Diffusion: Solutions for Collaborative Education: Solutions for Collaborative Education. IGI Global. pp. 46–48. ISBN 9781466601444. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ebner, Martin; Erenli, Kai; Malaka, Rainer; Pirker, Johanna; Walsh, Aaron E. (2015). Immersive Education: 4th European Summit, EiED 2014, Vienna, Austria, November 24–26, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. pp. 56–57. ISBN 9783319220178. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hämäläinen, Harri; Ikonen, Jouni; Nokelainen, Ilkka (25–26 August 2011). "The status of interoperability in e-portfolios: Case Mahara" (PDF). Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning and the Knowledge Society. Bucharest, Romania: Academy of Economic Studies. pp. 64–69. ISBN 978-606-505-459-2. S2CID 41454404. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via Semantic Scholar.
- ^ Kennedy, Eileen; Neumann, Tim; Rowett, Steve; Strawbridge, Fiona (2017). "Digital education and the Connected Curriculum: Towards a connected learning environment". Developing the Higher Education Curriculum. UCL Press: 188–202. doi: 10.2307/j.ctt1xhr542.19.
- ^ Granero-Gallegos, Antonio; Baena-Extremera, Antonio (March 2015). "Diseños de Aprendizaje Basados en las TIC (Moodle 2.0 y Mahara) para Contenidos de Anatomía, Fisiología y Salud en las Clases de Educación Física Escolar" [Patterns of ICT-Based Learning (Moodle and Mahara 2.0) for Contents of Anatomy, Physiology and Health in Scholar Physical Education Lessons] (PDF). International Journal of Morphology (in Spanish). 33 (1): 375–. doi: 10.4067/S0717-95022015000100059. ISSN 0717-9367. S2CID 208250043. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via Semantic Scholar.
- ^ [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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^ Moorfield, John C.
"mahara". Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
verb: 'to think about, consider' and 'to remember, recollect, bear in mind'; noun: 'recollection, thought, memory, reasoning'
- ^ "About Mahara". Mahara. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ a b Brown, Mark; Anderson, Bill; Simpson, Mary; Suddaby, Gordon (2007). Showcasing Mahara: A new open source eportfolio (PDF). Proceedings of ASCILITE, Singapore. pp. 82–84. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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"Contributors". Mahara Wiki. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
Mahara is developed by a world-wide team of programmers, translators, designers and enthusiastic amateurs. Many individuals and groups have contributed to Mahara so far.
- ^ Stanley, Adam (18 November 2014). "Technology that puts the classroom in students' laptops". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Mahara language packs: Series 18.10". translations.launchpad.net. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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