EDUCAUSE | Open Source and EDUCAUSE Quarterly Articles

Moving to Moodle: Reflections Two Years Later

ckeller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:26:32 -0500

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

Open Source Software in Education

elilly — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:02:16 -0500

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

Critical Factors in Selecting a Course Management System for Higher Education in Ghana

ckeller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:02:15 -0600

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 would inform the good choice of such a system that would meet the needs of higher education in Ghana.

Federated Security: The Shibboleth Approach

drupal — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:06:14 -0500

Shibboleth open-source software extends Web-based applications and identity management to provide secure access to Web-based resources.

Open Standards Versus Open Source in E-Learning

drupal — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:46:09 -0500

The author finds that the easy answer may not be the best answer.

The Open-Source Movement

drupal — Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:42:05 -0500

Despite many obstacles, open-source has the potential to strongly influence the future of software development and support in the academic world.