Japan’s Only Moodle Certified Premium Partner, e-learning Co., Ltd., celebrated its 23rd anniversary on October 10, soon to achieve the feat of being the No.1 Moodle provider for 10 consecutive years.
e-learning Co., Ltd. (HQ: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takeshi Matsuzaki) celebrates its 23rd anniversary on October 10, 2023. As the only Moodle Certified Premium Partner in Japan, e-learning Co., Ltd. offers Moodle LMS, the most popular cloud-based LMS (Learning Management System) in universities in Japan and Europe, and Moodle Workplace, a corporate version of LMS (Training Management System) developed based on Moodle LMS. Moodle LMS”, a cloud LMS (Learning Management System), and “Moodle Workplace”, a corporate LMS (Training Management System) developed based on “Moodle LMS”, to promote EduDX (Digitalization of Education) in universities and companies.
According to a survey conducted by Moodle HQ (headquarters), we will soon achieve the feat of being the No. 1 Moodle provider in Japan for the 10th consecutive year. Moodle Premium Certified Partner of the Year – APAC” at the Moodle Partner Awards 2023, announced at MoodleMoot Global 2023, the largest Moodle conference in Barcelona, Spain, on October 18, 2023. This prestigious award is given to the partner who has contributed the most to the spread of Moodle in the Asia-Pacific region, and our seven employees who participated in the awards received congratulations from many people.
We will continue to strive to improve the quality of our services and build an ecosystem centered on Moodle to give back to our customers and society.
About Moodle
Moodle is known as the world’s standard LMS, and according to statistics from Moodle HQ (headquarters), there are more than 160,000 publicly available sites worldwide, with over 390 million users in 239 countries and regions. (*1)
(*1) As of 2023, https://stats.moodle.org/
As OSS (Open Source Software) that allows flexible system design, Moodle is supported by an active community, and its functions are improved and added based on the knowledge of many developers and users, making it an ever-evolving LMS.
Moodle HQ, the core of Moodle’s development, is certified by the Certified B Corporation (B Corp)(TM)(*2) and has a mission to “improve educators’ skills for a better world,” and continues to work with educators, learners, employees, customers, and society, We continue to take into consideration our impact on the environment.
(*2) A certification program run by the non-profit organization B lab (based in Pennsylvania, USA), B stands for Benefit and is awarded to companies with a high public profile that generate comprehensive benefits for all stakeholders, including the environment, communities, and employees. The certification is granted to companies that operate in an environmentally and socially responsible manner and meet B Lab’s standards for transparency and accountability.
What is a Moodle Certified Premium Partner?
e-learning Co., Ltd.. was officially certified by Moodle HQ (Moodle Headquarters) in February 2020 as the first Moodle Premium Partner in the Asia-Pacific region and the only one in Japan.
Moodle Certified Premium Partners are a higher level of partner than Moodle Partners, and are rigorously evaluated on security, technology, support, and continuity, not to mention implementation experience. We have been providing Moodle SaaS since 2012, and we are one of the few solution providers in Japan that can offer one-stop services for both Moodle implementation support and server construction. We have also developed our own plug-ins such as ELSlide and ELVideo, and have contributed to the further evolution of Moodle.
Based on these achievements, we were certified as an official Moodle partner in April 2014. In addition, we were certified as a Moodle Official Premium Partner in recognition of our No. 1 installation record in Japan (according to Moodle HQ), our expertise and know-how in Moodle, and the high level of trust our customers have in our technical and support capabilities.
As the only Moodle Certified Premium Partner in Japan, we continue to promote and popularize Moodle. Only Moodle Premium Partners can provide SaaS for “Moodle Workplace,” an enhanced version of Moodle released in 2020, which is an LMS with enterprise-specific functions. In Japan, we are the only company offering the “Moodle Workplace” service (*3).
(*3) As of 2023 Source: https://moodle.com/solutions/certified-service-providers/?country=Japan