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- ↑ "CopperCore". coppercore.sourceforge.net.
- ↑ "UC3M".
- ↑ ".LRN Home". dotlrn.org.
- ↑ "Fisheye 4.8.13". cvs.openacs.org.
- ↑ "RELOAD Project". Archived from the original on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2006.
- ↑ "Graphical Learning Modeller". 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "LAMS Foundation". www.lamsfoundation.org.
- ↑ "Moodle in English: Learning standards: IMS Learning Design".