Futurelab: The potential of open source approaches for education

Seb Bacon (1) , Teresa Dillon (1)

1 Research and Development

Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS) refers to any software distributed under a licence that allows users to change or share the software source code. Futurelab's interest in this area stems from the belief that FLOSS provides an example of peer-production which is driven by collaborative, social modes of interaction and knowledge exchange. This paper discusses some of the potential ways in which the approaches that characterise FLOSS might be applied in educational contexts. (http://futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education/floss_01.htm)

Keywords: open source

Domains: Technology for Human Learning

Seb Bacon, Teresa Dillon. Futurelab: The potential of open source approaches for education. 2006. ⟨hal-00190336⟩