How open source software products: Can support teaching in italian schools

Chiara Friso; Valentina Lenarduzzi; Davide Taibi; Davide Tosi

How open source software products: Can support teaching in italian schools

Chiara Friso, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Davide Taibi, Davide Tosi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

In Italy, the adoption of modern software technologies is strongly limited by the current critical economic situation. The adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) solutions can mitigate this problem because of the nature of OSS products that helps to cut down on costs by providing modern and flexible products. However, very often school managers and teachers are unaware about the availability of powerful OSS tools that can support teachers and school managers in their daily work. In this paper we provide a literature survey about the available experiences and projects on the adoption of OSS solutions started in Italian schools and we list a set of available OSS digital class rolls already experimented in Italian schools. The two surveys aim at suggesting how to start new projects avoiding common risks and how to exploit the potentialities of OSS solutions for didactical purposes. In this paper, we also qualitatively assess the listed OSS class rolls with our OP2A methodology in order to suggest which tool is the best choice for the adoption.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	4th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ICIW 2009
Publisher	TAPPI Press; Curran Associates, Inc
Pages	157-165
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9781622766734
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	4th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ICIW 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 26 Mar 2009 → 27 Mar 2009

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ICIW 2009
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	26/03/09 → 27/03/09

Keywords

Digital class rolls
High level schools
OP2A
Open source software
OSS quality
OSS trustworthiness
Primary schools
Systematic survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems and Management
Management Science and Operations Research

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How open source software products: Can support teaching in italian schools. / Friso, Chiara; Lenarduzzi, Valentina; Taibi, Davide et al.
4th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ICIW 2009. TAPPI Press; Curran Associates, Inc, 2011. p. 157-165.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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