Australian Council for
Computers in Education
Open Source? What is this thing and why would I want to use it?
Randy Orwin
Presentation on Thursday, 8 April 2010 14:15 - 15:00 in room 211
TAGS: Open Source, Policy, Primary School, Secondary School, Software, Tertiary Level, Web Tools, open source
This session is targeted to district/school leaders who are considering the use of open source in their educational environment. Topics of discussion will include a generic definition of what open source is with a brief overview of the GPL license, the benefits of using open source and some tips on starting an open source implementation in your school or district.
This is how you cite this paper:
Orwin, R. (2010). Open Source? What is this thing and why would I want to use it? In D. Gronn, & G. Romeo (Eds) ACEC2010: Digital Diversity. Conference Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference 2010, Melbourne 6-9 April. Carlton, Victoria: Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACEC). Retrieved from, http://acec2010.acce.edu.au/proposal/1076/open-source-what-thing-and-why-would-i-want-use-it
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Presentation slides can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/ossthing
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