Tag: open source software
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Who is responsible for building the software stack we use in higher education?
There was an interesting conversation in one of the sessions I attended, after a participant asked who is responsible for building the software we use in higher education. Universities aren’t in the business of building software, so it seems reasonable to think that we’re not going to do this well. Companies and organisations are designed…
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Using open source software in higher education
Universities and other higher education institutions are increasingly moving towards what many are calling the “connected campus“. While this move brings with it many benefits for students, it can also be expensive to implement. In 2008 I wrote a short post entitled “Open source alternatives to proprietary applications“. This was before the launch of the…