About
LANGMaster.org is a comprehensive and sophisticated e-learning system for companies and institutions
designed to teach foreign languages. It complements the educational
system for individuals at www.langmaster.com.
- LANGMaster.org is the world’s most extensive offering of free SCORM modules for
learning languages in the MOODLE environment.
- Thanks to the free SCORM modules and the great popularity of the MOODLE system,
LANGMaster.org represents a strong marketing product which can be used for the further
sales of paid services, advertising, etc.
- LANGMaster.org offers interesting business opportunities in the form of partner
cooperations. Dozens of important companies and institutions (such as Czech Airlines,
GE Money Bank, Microsoft Czech Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech
Republic, Škoda Auto, T-Mobile Czech Republic), and more have successfully tried
our SCORM modules for e-learning. The learning is realized at the portal
www.eduland.cz.
- There is a number of possibilities how to make money on free language courses. Besides this document you can find some more detailed explanations and information about Czech Republic Case Study at
How to make money?
SCORM modules
Free SCORM modules for self-study in MOODLE
We offer courses in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. The courses are
localized into Czech, English, German, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and Vietnamese.
The courses are designed for students ranging in ability from complete beginners to advanced speakers.
We provide 6,616 interactive exercises and tests, 928 chapters,
1,700 hours of entertaining learning, 49,808 sound recordings, and
11,263 pictures and photographs for free.
See the characteristics of the free courses at
Free Online Courses.
The SCORM modules for other LMS
The modules meet the SCORM 1.2 standard; therefore, they can be used in other SCORM-compatible
LMS systems.
Note: Modules for other LMS are not free.
The SCORM modules for self-study and for Blended Learning
Each course, covering hundreds hours of study, is divided into a few SCORM modules:
- For self-study, each course is divided into 3 (5 for English) SCORM modules. Each
module corresponds to approximately 50 – 100 hours of intensive study. In this case,
an independent study with very little assistance from a teacher is expected.
Modules for self-study in MOODLE are free.
- For Blended learning (see
Blended Learning on Wiki), each course is divided into dozens of small SCORM
modules (each module contains approx. 10 screens). In this case a combined study
with teacher assistance is expected (where the teacher uses the SCORM modules as
one of a few teaching tools).
Note: The modules for Blended Learning are not free.
Characteristics
Option to try out everything immediately
The SCORM modules for self-study can be tried for free, for a limited time period, directly in the MOODLE installation on langmaster.org.
After the trial, a user can download and import them into his/her own MOODLE system.
Localization
The entire system has been localized into Czech, English, German, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Localization into another language is very simple, technologically speaking;
it merely means translating 100-400 standard pages of text, depending on the number of localized courses.
Interconnection with grammar
All the course pages are contextually connected to a grammar explanation (which
has been localized). The course pages contain links to grammar phenomena related
to the pertinent page.
Note: The grammar explanations are not free.
Download of dictionaries for sale
The download of bilingual dictionaries with audio pronunciation is a paid accessory
of the SCORM modules. The dictionaries are processed using the state of the art
technology EasyLex (used, for example, by the British publisher, Collins Dictionaries).
For the list of available dictionaries (the list varies with the individual language
localizations), see
Dictionaries catalog; their characteristics are at
Easylex and
About Dictionaries.
Download of courses for sale
Those who are not satisfied with the features of the free language learning can
download state-of-the-art language courses containing advanced didactic features
such as Speech recognition, Pronunciation practice using voice curves, the RE-WISE
method for easy and effective vocabulary building, interconnection of the course
with the dictionary (Click&See and Say& See functions) and grammar, and
many others.
For the list of available courses (the list varies with the individual language
localizations), see
Language Courses Catalog, their characteristics are at
Download Centrum.
We are preparing
Langmaster.org is currently in the testing phase, it was launched in September 2009.
Furthermore, we are working on the following enhancements:
RE-WISE
We are in development of the RE-WISE online application for the learning and revising
of vocabulary and phrases (see
Rewise)
This application will be free in the basic version; the professional version will
require a fee.
It will contain a large amount of recorded words and phrases acquired from the most
common world language courses (Oxford, Cambridge, etc.). The application will thus
be usable separately (without the SCORM modules) and will be easily expanded with
new vocabularies (supplied by the customer).
The deadline for launching to the market is the end of 2009.
SCORM modules for Russian and Chinese
We are preparing SCORM modules for Russian and Chinese.
LANGMaster.org offers interesting business opportunities in the form of partner
cooperation (see the existing
Partners)
Strategic investor
The technologically sophisticated LANGMaster.org (and LANGMaster.com) application
has great potential for any strategic investor. The investor will supply
the necessary know-how and the funds for quick, world-wide distribution of the application
and for its subsequent development. The investor will acquire a share of LANGMaster.com,
Inc.
Content distributor
This partner is a distributor of the SCORM courses for a certain territory.
We can provide this partner with the excellent SCORM languages courses for the LMS systems which meet its requirements.
The partner can then sell the courses to companies in its territory. The partner would pay the agreed license fees to LANGMaster.
Example: a system integrator, a distributor of SCORM LMS systems, and the like
could become a partner.
Content holder Partner
We have developed our own technology for data preparation (primarily geared towards the preparation of language courses)
that also includes the EduAuthor authoring tool. A partner licenses its non-electronic courses or bilingual dictionaries to LANGMaster.
We will convert the courses or dictionaries to an electronic version and trade them.
For this, we will pay the partner the agreed license fees.
All the data is technologically processed so that it is immediately usable by companies
and institutions at www.langmaster.org,
by end-users for online learning at www.langmaster.com
or offline learning in the form of downloads, CD-ROMS, or DVD-ROMs.
At the same time the partner can still sell its data in its territory.
They can be sold in the form of LMS SCORM courses, downloads, CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs.
In this case the partner would pay the agreed license fees to LANGMaster
Example: an author or a publisher of language courses or bilingual dictionaries
could become a partner.
Moodle provider
In addition to its regular services a MOODLE installer can offer our free MOODLE language content to companies in its territory.
This could bring the partner more customers.
Example: all Moodle partners, distributors or representatives could become a partner.
Module localization partner
This partner will, at its own expense, perform the localization (100-400 standard pages of text, depending on the number of localized courses).
Example: a university or similar educational institution could become a partner.
Affiliate partner
The partner includes a link to LANGMaster.com on its website and receives a commission
for all customers that its website brings to LANGMaster, this also includes repeat orders.
Example: a company operating internet servers could become a partner.