<s>
Claroline	B-Application
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
eLearning	O
and	O
eWorking	O
platform	O
(	O
learning	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
open-source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Claroline	B-Application
platform	O
is	O
organized	O
around	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
spaces	O
associated	O
with	O
courses	O
or	O
pedagogical	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publish	O
documents	O
in	O
any	O
format	O
(	O
text	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
video	O
,	O
etc	O
...	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Claroline	B-Application
programme	O
was	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Louvain	O
in	O
Louvain-la-Neuve	O
,	O
Belgium	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2000	O
,	O
Claroline	B-Application
development	O
teams	O
have	O
been	O
focusing	O
on	O
code	O
stability	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
features	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
users	O
 '	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
worldwide	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
developers	O
also	O
extensively	O
contributes	O
to	O
Claroline	B-Application
's	O
development	O
and	O
diffusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
promote	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Claroline	B-Application
and	O
encourage	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
contributors	O
,	O
each	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
Claroline	B-Application
community	O
meets	O
at	O
the	O
Annual	O
Conference	O
of	O
Claroline	B-Application
Users	O
(	O
ACCU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Claroline	B-Application
project	O
is	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
2007	O
UNESCO	O
–	O
King	O
Hamad	O
Bin	O
Isa	O
Al-Khalifa	O
Prize	O
for	O
the	O
Use	O
of	O
ICT	B-General_Concept
in	O
Education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
developments	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
maintenance	O
and	O
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
development	O
teams	O
are	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Claroline	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remaining	O
true	O
to	O
the	O
principles	O
of	O
simplicity	O
,	O
flexibility	O
and	O
stability	O
that	O
characterize	O
Claroline	B-Application
,	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
code	O
name	O
Claroline	B-Application
Connect	O
,	O
will	O
offer	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
while	O
maintaining	O
some	O
general	O
guidelines	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
since	O
2000	O
by	O
UCLouvain	O
(	O
University	O
of	O
Louvain	O
,	O
Belgium	O
)	O
,	O
Claroline	B-Application
has	O
been	O
developed	O
following	O
teacher	O
's	O
pedagogical	O
experience	O
and	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claroline	B-Application
is	O
now	O
financially	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
Walloon	O
Region	O
for	O
its	O
development	O
through	O
the	O
WIST	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
this	O
programme	O
,	O
Claroline	B-Application
associates	O
three	O
Belgian	O
partners	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Claroline	B-Application
Consortium	O
was	O
born	O
on	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
annual	O
conference	O
of	O
Claroline	B-Application
users	O
that	O
was	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
Vigo	O
University	O
,	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
international	O
non-profit	O
association	O
mainly	O
aims	O
at	O
federating	O
the	O
Claroline	B-Application
community	O
,	O
coordinating	O
the	O
platform	O
developments	O
and	O
promoting	O
its	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
