Chamilo

What is Chamilo?

The Chamilo Association is a non-profit organization founded in Belgium in 2010, with its current headquarters in Spain since 2014. To respect its neutrality and non-profit form, he Chamilo Association doesn’t offer professional services to organizations that use Chamilo. These services are ensured by an official providers network.
The Chamilo project was founded in early 2010 as a result of a fork from another free software e-learning platform, meant to protect the fundamental openness and free character of this LMS. It inherits indirectly from the Claroline project, first published in 2001. Although very little parts of the code of Chamilo still reflect that ancient history, the project philosophy never really changed: Chamilo is still one of the (if not *the*) easiest e-learning platform to use, making it easier for educators all around the world to digitalize and formalize their course content, and easier for all to get access to accessible education, improving the world's social and economic growth.
The mission of the Chamilo Association is:
To improve education worldwide and to ensure the development of Chamilo software as an open source product which helps reduce the digital divide between rich and poor countries.
To fulfill its mission and achieve its objectives, the association is responsible for:
  • supporting and coordinating efforts to release new versions of free Chamilo software;
  • sourcing financial support for the continued development of Chamilo LMS;
  • coordinating everything related to the community of Chamilo: local groups, new projects, collaborations, studies, translations, etc.;
  • organizing events for disseminating Chamilo and free software;
  • ensuring that Chamilo remains as a free software whose primary mission is to improve education worldwide.
To achieve its objectives the association oversees several projects including:
  • Local Chamilo groups
  • Chamilo certification
  • A free campus
  • The Annual Chamilo Conference

Board of directors

The board of directors is elected every 2 years by a general assembly of effective members of the Chamilo Association.
Yannick Warnier

Yannick Warnier

President

Founder of the Chamilo software project. Co-founder of the Chamilo Association. Zend Certified PHP Engineer. Expert in web software usability and internationalization. Yannick leads the development of the Chamilo software since its inception and is a frequent speaker at e-learning or Free Software events all around Europe and Latin America.
He currently works at BeezNest Belgium.
Laura Guirao

Laura Guirao Rodríguez

Treasurer

Designer/developer, specialized in virtual classrooms, Laura works with Free Software since 2003, contributing to Chamilo since its inception. She currently manages the accounts, donations and membership program of the association.
She currently works at Nosolored.
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Noa Orizales Iglesias

Communication coordinator

Co-founder of the Chamilo Association with over 10 years of experience in e-learning, Noa is focused on knowing everything that happens in and around the association and letting people know about it: events, software development, local groups, versions... You can contact her in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
She currently works at Contidos Dixitais.

Our community leaders

Otros cargos de responsabilidad

Al margen de la junta directiva, existen otros coordinadores y delegados que gestionan el día a día de la asociación:
Michela Mosquera Chamilo 2 | LMS | eLearning | AI | Open Source

Michela

Chamilo Lovers Fan Club

Hello! I’m Chamila, a name that has been with me since 2010 and connects me to the amazing global Chamilo LMS community, with over 40 million users worldwide. Driven by a deep passion for Open Source, I’ve had the privilege to contribute since Chamilo’s early days: organizing events, delivering training, leading official certifications, and managing its online presence (website and social media). I also had the joy of managing the official Chamilo LMS campus, which today hosts over 840,000 registered users on a single platform.

Today, my passion is as strong as ever, but with a new exciting goal: bringing Artificial Intelligence into eLearning to make the learning experience even more engaging and rewarding. Come explore my world and my work at Chamila eLearning IA!

Ángel Quiroz

Ángel

Lead developer

Ángel is a web developer with experience in the development of web applications. Involved in the Chamilo project since 2014, he has a deep knowledge of Chamilo code and currently holds the position of "lead developer" of the project. You can contact him in spanish or english. He works at BeezNest Latino.
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Damien Renou

French-speaking community coordinator

Damien is a developer and a digital content specialist. He has been using Chamilo since 2013, and he creates plugins for Chamilo and also manages some events.You can contact him in both French and English. He works at Bâtisseurs Numériques and coordinates the french-speaking community of Chamilo.