DocumentCode
2859451
Title
Cost-benefit analysis of free/open source software in education
Author
Tomazin, Mojca ; Gradisar, Miro
Author_Institution
Bus. Sch. in Brezice, Brezice, Slovenia
fYear
2009
fDate
22-25 June 2009
Firstpage
473
Lastpage
478
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Technology Interfaces, 2009. ITI '09. Proceedings of the ITI 2009 31st International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dubrovnik
ISSN
1330-1012
Print_ISBN
978-953-7138-15-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITI.2009.5196129
Filename
5196129
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