• DocumentCode
    3202667
  • Title

    New trends from libre software that may change education

  • Author

    Robles, Gregorio ; Gonzales-Barahona, J.M. ; Fernández-González, Jorge

  • Author_Institution
    GSyC/LibreSoft, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-6 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1183
  • Lastpage
    1188
  • Abstract
    Libre software, also known as Open Source Software or Free Software, has already changed the way we know education. This influence goes from content-with examples such as the Wikipedia-, openness -for instance, the OCW- or tools -like learning management systems or desktop applications. In this paper, we introduce some new trends that are inspired in the libre software movement and that may change education in the near future. Among others, experiences such as the OpenSE project -where students can be `free learners´ outside of any type of formal educational context- or the p2p University -an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses- will be presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; public domain software; free software; learning management systems; libre software; open source software; Conferences; Ecosystems; Engineering education; e-learning; informal learning; libre software; open source;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Amman
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-642-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773297
  • Filename
    5773297