<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Online	O
Learning	O
And	O
Training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
–	O
a	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
System	I-Application
that	O
supports	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
online	O
learning	O
,	O
teaching	O
,	O
and	O
tutoring	O
with	O
few	O
educational	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
is	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
development	O
started	O
in	O
1999	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Zürich	O
and	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
won	O
the	O
MeDiDa-Prix	O
prize	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
3.0	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
rebuilt	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
component-oriented	O
application	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
has	O
support	O
for	O
various	O
E-learning	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
IMS	B-Application
(	O
IMS	B-Application
Content	O
Packaging	O
,	O
IMS	B-Application
QTI	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
SCORM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
many	O
add-ons	O
have	O
been	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
LMS	B-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
subsequent	O
version	O
provides	O
full	O
scalability	O
,	O
meaning	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
cluster	O
of	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
7.0	O
adds	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
a	O
course	O
wizard	O
plus	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
important	O
standards	O
like	O
REST	O
API	O
,	O
IMS	B-Application
Basic	O
LTI	O
and	O
IMS	B-Application
QTI	B-Language
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
autumn	O
2011	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
community	O
contributors	O
left	O
the	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
community	O
because	O
of	O
strategic	O
differences	O
and	O
started	O
an	O
alternative	O
fork	O
which	O
is	O
named	O
OpenOLAT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
has	O
many	O
features	O
typical	O
for	O
e-learning	O
platforms	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
integrates	O
the	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
system	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
to	O
support	O
the	O
synchronous	O
communication	O
processes	O
and	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
users	O
 '	O
awareness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
strategic	O
LMS	B-Application
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Zürich	O
,	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
is	O
continuously	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
meantime	O
,	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
gains	O
attention	O
,	O
especially	O
within	O
the	O
European	O
higher	O
education	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
Sakai	B-Language
Project	I-Language
have	O
similar	O
goals	O
,	O
but	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
American	O
initiative	O
,	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
has	O
a	O
much	O
longer	O
development	O
phase	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
successfully	O
in	O
production	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
to	O
support	O
campus-wide	O
E-learning	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
compared	O
to	O
commercial	O
tools	O
like	O
WebCT	B-Protocol
Vista	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
mature	O
LMS	B-Application
,	O
used	O
to	O
support	O
universities	O
with	O
thousands	O
of	O
users	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
the	O
OpenOLAT	B-Application
fork	O
has	O
been	O
started	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
development	O
line	O
by	O
the	O
largest	O
community	O
contributor	O
who	O
by	O
this	O
initiative	O
left	O
the	O
original	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
community	O
due	O
to	O
strategic	O
differences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
common	O
base	O
of	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
and	O
OpenOLAT	B-Application
is	O
the	O
7.1	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
OpenOLAT	B-Application
release	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
with	O
the	O
number	O
8.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
won	O
the	O
MedidaPrix	O
2000	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
e-learning	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
German	O
language	O
area	O
(	O
Austria	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
and	O
Switzerland	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
won	O
the	O
Swiss	O
Open	O
Source	O
Award	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
won	O
in	O
2009	O
the	O
IMS	B-Application
Learning	O
Impact	O
'	O
Leadership	O
Award	O
 '	O
2009	O
for	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
for	O
best	O
open	O
source	O
learning	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OLAT	B-Protocol
runs	O
without	O
modification	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
requirements	O
for	O
OLAT	B-Protocol
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
1999	O
but	O
later	O
rebuilt	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
