Paper Info
Title
An Empirical Study on Implementing Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) in Schools
Abstract
This empirical paper shows how free/libre open source software (FLOSS) contributes to mutual and collaborative learning in an educational environment. However, unlike proprietary software, FLOSS allows extensive customisation of software and supports the needs of local users better. 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 roles 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
2006
10.1007/978-0-387-37876-3_10
International Federation for Information Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
free/libre open source software (FLOSS),FLOSS implementation in schools,collaborative learning,mutual learning,OpenOffice.org,blog
Collaborative learning,Software engineering,End user,Computer science,Social organization,Knowledge management,Software,Mutual learning,Open source software,Empirical research
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
223
1571-5736
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu-Wei Lin1595.47
Enrico Zini2171.86