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What’s all the FOSS?: How Freedom and Openness are Changing the Face of Our Educational Landscape

What’s all the FOSS?: How Freedom and Openness are Changing the Face of Our Educational Landscape

Jason B. Huett, Jason H. Sharp, Kimberly C. Huett
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781615209170|ISBN10: 1615209174|EISBN13: 9781615209187
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-917-0.ch002
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Huett, Jason B., et al. "What’s all the FOSS?: How Freedom and Openness are Changing the Face of Our Educational Landscape." Free and Open Source Software for E-Learning: Issues, Successes and Challenges, edited by Betul Özkan Czerkawski, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 24-38. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-917-0.ch002

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Huett, J. B., Sharp, J. H., & Huett, K. C. (2011). What’s all the FOSS?: How Freedom and Openness are Changing the Face of Our Educational Landscape. In B. Czerkawski (Ed.), Free and Open Source Software for E-Learning: Issues, Successes and Challenges (pp. 24-38). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-917-0.ch002

Chicago

Huett, Jason B., Jason H. Sharp, and Kimberly C. Huett. "What’s all the FOSS?: How Freedom and Openness are Changing the Face of Our Educational Landscape." In Free and Open Source Software for E-Learning: Issues, Successes and Challenges, edited by Betul Özkan Czerkawski, 24-38. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-917-0.ch002

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Abstract

Philosophical, financial, practical, and pedagogical considerations have prompted educators to take a serious look at Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as an alternative to proprietary software. To better understand the overall concept of FOSS, this article provides a brief history of FOSS as well as a summary of its definition, philosophy, and major areas of research, including strengths and limitations, diffusion in education and educational uses as well as a look at the opportunities, issues, and challenges associated with FOSS. In conclusion, the authors speculate how FOSS, along with advances in E-Learning and other emerging technologies, will positively shape our educational future.

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