The latest issue of Innovate – Journal of Online Education has a series of articles on the importance of open source software in education from k-12 through college levels.
To read the articles you will need to register at the site, but registration is free.
A series of webcasts complementing the articles in this special edition is currently underway. Archives of the webcasts will be available for download. Here’s the schedule:
Harnessing Open Technologies to Promote Open Educational Knowledge Sharing
Webcast: October 27, 4:00pm
Authors: Toru Iiyoshi, Cheryl Richardson, and Owen McGrath
Getting Open Source Software into Schools: Strategies and Challenges
Webcast: November 7, 11:00am ET
Authors: Gary Hepburn and Jan Buley
Open Source, Openness, and Higher Education
Webcast: November 7, 12:00pm ET
Author: David Wiley
From, By, and For the OSSD: Software Engineering Education Using an Open Source Software Approach
Webcast: November 16, 11:00am ET
Authors: Kun Huang, Yifei Dong, and Xun Ge
Looking Toward the Future: A Case Study of Open Source Software in the Humanities
Webcast: November 16, 1:00pm ET
Author: Harvey Quamen
Open Source/Open Course Learning: Lessons for Educators from Free and Open Source Software
Webcast: TBA
Author: Robert Stephenson
Vision 2010: The Future of Higher Education Business and Learning Applications
Webcast: TBA
Authors: Patrick Carey and Bernard Gleason
(HT to Dr. Smyth)
