The adoption of open sources within higher education in Europe : a dissemination case study

Machado, Carlos and Thompson, Karen (2005) The adoption of open sources within higher education in Europe : a dissemination case study. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 6 (1). pp. 34-51. ISSN 1302-6488

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Abstract

For some time now, the open-source (OS) phenomenon has been making its presence felt; disrupting the economics of the software industry and, by proxy, the business of education. A combination of the financial pressure Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) find themselves under and the increasing focus on the use of technology to enhance students' learning have encouraged many HEIs to look towards alternative approaches to teaching and learning. Meanwhile, the "OS" has challenged assumptions about how intellectual products are created and protected and has greatly increased the quantity and arguably the quality of educational technologies available to HEIs.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	4052
  Dates:	Date Event 2005 Published
  Keywords:	open-source, higher education, virtual environments, software, Commerce, Higher Education, Computer software, Education
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Commerce Education > Theory and practice of education > Higher Education Science > Mathematics > Computer software
  Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Marketing
  Depositing user:	Strathprints Administrator
  Date deposited:	14 Sep 2007
  Last modified:	25 May 2023 08:59
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/4052