Mahara
Mahara
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Basic data
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developer | Catalyst IT Ltd. |
Publishing year | December 1, 2006 |
Current version | 19.10.1 (November 12, 2019) |
operating system | Any system that supports PHP |
programming language | PHP |
category | e-portfolio |
License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
German speaking | Yes |
mahara.org |
Mahara is an e-portfolio - software with community features, as open source is developed project from New Zealand. The word Mahara means 'thinking' or 'thought' in the Te Reo Māori language. The system supports the documentation and reflection of the learning process and the learning outcomes. Installation requires PHP and a database management system, e.g. B. MySQL or PostgreSQL .
history
Mahara has been in development since mid-2006. It started as a joint effort by the e-Learning Collaborative Development Fund (eCDF) of the New Zealand Commission for Higher Education (Tertiary Education Commission), Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and Victoria University of Wellington.
Further development was made possible by support from the New Zealand Ministry of Education and funding from the Mellon Foundation. (The Open Polytechnic won the 'Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration' in 2007.) Today, thousands of open source developers worldwide support the work on the development of the core system and the supplementary plugins.
construction
Mahara has a modular structure and is based on artifacts, views and comprehensive access control. Views are a collection of artifacts stored in the user's e-portfolio. The user can create any number of views and allow access for users or groups.
Modules
The basic modules of Mahara are
- the portfolio, with views, a collection of files and learning diaries
- the groups, with forums
- the profile, with information about yourself, your biography and learning goals and plans.
Additional modules
Extension modules that are not part of the standard installation scope of Mahara are e.g. B. "Europass" (allows you to create a Europass), GoogleApps (for adding GoogleApps to your portfolio) and much more. Several available add-on modules can be downloaded from or posted on the Mahara website.
Pedagogical approach
Mahara is a learner-centered system, a kind of personal learning environment , and thereby differs from the more course-centered learning platforms (Learning Management Systems - LMS). However, ePortfolios and learning platforms are not mutually exclusive, but complement one another. So Mahara z. B. couple with the learning platform Moodle and thus supports the connection of learner- and teacher-oriented elements of the educational process. Mahara not only supports - as the term portfolio suggests - the storage of learning outcomes, but also promotes the learning process itself and the reflection on it. At the same time, the group function, the sharing of learning results and the possibility of mutual feedback support collaborative learning.
literature
- Ellen Marie Murphy: Mahara 1.4 Cookbook . Packt Publishings, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84951-506-1 .
- Melanie Reiter: “Managing” your own learning - using the Mahara e-portfolio platform at the Heidelberg University of Education . e-teaching.org, 2016. Website , last accessed: September 2, 2016.
Web links
- Official Mahara project page (English)
- Mahara instance of Danube University Krems
- Mahara instance operated by eLeDia - eLearning in dialogue
- Mahara further development of the University of Bremen (EPOS) , here exemplarily used in language learning at the University of Coburg
- Mahara instance of the Pedagogical University of Lower Austria - login for students of the PH-NÖ with the PH-Online data
- Mahara tutorials from the Lower Austria University of Education - created by Peter Groißböck, MA
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Mahara
- ^ Mahara Community
- ↑ Mahara tutorial by Franz Ehrnleitner ( memento of the original from March 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Overview of Mahara additional modules