Paper Info
Title
Free/libre open source software implementation in schools: Evidence from the field and implications for the future
Abstract
This empirical paper shows how free/libre open source software (FLOSS) contributes to mutual and collaborative learning in an educational environment. Unlike proprietary software, FLOSS allows extensive customisation of software to support the needs of local users better. This also allows users to participate more proactively in the development and implementation process of a FLOSS-based system. In this paper, we observes how implementing FLOSS in an Italian high school challenges the conventional relationship between end users themselves (e.g. teachers and students) and that between users and developers. The findings will shed some light on the social aspects of FLOSS-based computerization - including the role of FLOSS in social and organizational change in educational environments and the ways that the social organization of FLOSS are influenced by social forces and social practices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.compedu.2006.11.001
Computers & Education
Keywords
Field
DocType
empirical paper,cooperative/collaborative learning,learning communities,libre open source software,teaching/learning strategies,floss-based system,floss-based computerization,social force,social organization,architectures for educational technology system,proprietary software,computer- mediated communication,educational environment,computer-mediated communication,social aspect,social practice,computer mediated communication,social organizations,learning community,collaborative learning,educational technology
Computer software,World Wide Web,Collaborative learning,End user,Computer science,Social organization,Knowledge management,Software,Computer-mediated communication,Pedagogy,Open source software,Learning community
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
50
3
Computers & Education
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.61
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu-Wei Lin1595.47
Enrico Zini2171.86