Open Source; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and OSS

Open-source software for course management poses market challenge.

Adopting an open source learning management system combined benefits and challenges, with lessons for change management.

Academia has adopted open source software for some online learning initiatives because it addresses persistent technical challenges

Emerging technologies for higher educational delivery has provided integrated software applications that have the ability to support both instructors and students.  The effect of these technologies is the result of increase students enrollment in most institutions in developed countries as the emphasis on educational delivery has shifted from the traditional classroom face-to-face to more blended learning.  Faced with the challenge of high enrolment, institutions and organizations in developed economies have been working on strategic plans to implement online education (Kim & Bonk, 2006).  In the case of higher institutions in Ghana, though some infrastructure has been built, these have not been fully integrated to support collaboration, assessment, feedback, students learning and lecture preparation and presentation.  Analysing the influence of technology in developing countries, the future of higher educational delivery in the next 10 years would be the use of Course Management Systems (CMS) which is currently driving the educational delivery of most institutions in the developed countries, creating a digital divide.  It is therefore crucial to identify factors that w

The author discusses the use of open source in the context of advancing learning in both secondary and higher education.

Has the vision proffered for "Open Source 2007" been realized? Will 2010 mark continued progress in the collaborative development of applications software—perhaps one of the most potent tools for addressing the challenging trends confronting IT in higher education?