Online Platform Criteria

We are currently looking at three different platforms (atingi.org, socialprotection.org and Moodle) but we would appreciate it if you have any other suggestions. Ideally we would like to add 1-2 more to the list. We also have a list of specific criteria we are considering when comparing the platforms, which includes:

whether it is open source or not.
the intended target audience for the platform
the functionality (ease of use from the provider and consumer perspective)
languages available on the platform
what type of certification and tests the platform offers
maintenance requirements
cost
sustainability (dependence on funding)

	Atingi (GIZ)	Socialprotection.org	Moodle (hosted on Initiative resources)
Open Source (yes/no)	yes	yes	yes
Target audience	Aim of the project is to provide digital teaching to young people in developing countries Suitable for entrepreneurs, farmers, students e-Health identified as key topic Focus countries: Benin, Togo, Rwanda, Niger	Member-based knowledge sharing and capacity building platform. Open to social protection practicioners, policy-makers, experts as well as academics and students. Aim is to foster global knowledge sharing on social protection policies.	Wide audience range Personalisation for any type of learning environment
Functionality (provider & consumer)	Based on Moodle (migration phase) Provides good functionalities especially interfaces Self-paced courses, blended learning, mobile learning	Many functionalities for the user (text, audio, video, blogs, news, webinars, events, programme profiles) Need more info on provider side	All Moodle functionalities High level of personalisation but will probably require more effort to develop
Languages	English, French, Spanish at the moment Easy with Moodle to translate into many languages (e-based translation systems)	From intitial use, it seems there is content in English, French and Spanish.	All languages available
Tests & certification	Moodle offers basic certification options Development of an open badge	Need info on this	Moodle offers only basic certification If more advanced certification is required, effort needed to develop
Cost	Free access & use Free for us to host the course (needs to be cross-checked)	Free access & use Need info on provider side & costs related to hosting a course.	Free access & use Cost related to hosting Moodle
Sustainability	No info on project phases but long-term & sustainable perspective. Plans to scale up and expand on target audience and regions	Need info on this	If Moodle course is hosted on wiki page or website, this would provide stability in the long-term
Maintenance requirements	Independent course management (antingi team not developing content) Developing new maintenance requirement strategy (more info to come)	Need info on this	Server maintenance Technical maintenance (bugs, updates, etc) Content management

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