Title :
Cost-benefit analysis of free/open source software in education
Author :
Tomazin, Mojca ; Gradisar, Miro
Author_Institution :
Bus. Sch. in Brezice, Brezice, Slovenia
Abstract :
The main hypothesis of this article is that at the primary and secondary level of education the advantages of free/open source software (FOSS) on economic, educational and social field surpass its deficiencies so that the replacement of proprietary software would be reasonable. The most important findings of three internationally comparable survey researches are presented. The hypothesis is proven by results of the survey researches, scoring methodology and DEXi.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; public domain software; cost-benefit analysis; free-open source software; primary level education; scoring methodology; secondary level education; Communications technology; Cost benefit analysis; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Information analysis; Information technology; Laboratories; Linux; Open source software; Operating systems; Learning Technology; Open Source Software; Primary Education; Secondary Education;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Interfaces, 2009. ITI '09. Proceedings of the ITI 2009 31st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-953-7138-15-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITI.2009.5196129
