Free/Open Source Software in Slovenian primary and secondary schools — Survey 2007

Author

Tomazin, Mojca ; Gradisar, Miro

Author_Institution

Bus. Sch. in Brezice, Brezice

fYear

2008

fDate

23-26 June 2008

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

182

Abstract

This article deals with the use of free/open source software at the primary and secondary level of education in Slovenia. The challenges and advantages of using FOSS in educational processes are discussed. The research (2007) carried out to determine the use of FOSS in schools is described. The results showing how FOSS is used in different areas of the educational field as well as the factors influencing the decision to use FOSS are presented. The motives, obstacles and suggestions of using FOSS are also discussed. The results obtained in this study are compared with the results of a similar research, conducted in 2004. Some interesting similarities and differences are discovered.

Keywords

educational computing; public domain software; Slovenian primary school; Slovenian secondary school; educational technology; free software; open source software; Application software; Cascading style sheets; Communications technology; Costs; Educational institutions; Educational products; Educational technology; Open source software; Text processing; Uniform resource locators; Learning Technology; Open Source Software; Primary Education; Secondary Education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces, 2008. ITI 2008. 30th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubrovnik

ISSN

1330-1012

Print_ISBN

978-953-7138-12-7

Electronic_ISBN

1330-1012

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITI.2008.4588403

Filename

4588403