Comments about “Open Source en el e-learning: ¿Una cuestion de mente?”
The author defines Open Source such a software based on GPL. The GPL is based on many liberties, the most important are:
I.Liberty of use: you can use the software for any purposes.
II.Liberty of analyze the source code, and adapt it to local necessities: Basically we have the source code and can analyze it. The adaptation process is a modification of original program for fixing or improvement.
III.Liberty of distribution: you can distribute the software with people that need it. Many Linux User Groups sell GNU/LINUX CDs in Install Festivals(1).
IV.Liberty of improvement: You can add new modules or components to the actual program. This liberty is fully connected with the possibility to analyze the source code.
Of course the author talk about GPL, because is an open source software stuff. The main medium for distributing information in an open source software community is the Internet. The evolution of Internet involves the creation of protocols(2), systems, etc. Many of this protocols tend to be a commercial products. There are many institutions that are leading the Internet evolution. This institutions such IEEE, W3C, IETF, etc. want to develop new standards for Internet related concepts. For that reason the author talks about public interest and Intellectual property. In order to maintain public interest, Internet ought to be based on international standards.
The revolution for maintain Internet based on international standards moves the Universities to a common way, the open source software and information way. Between 2000 and 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology announce the creation of Open Course ware. Open Course Ware is a platform for studying MIT subjects, It is based on open source movement, so the contents and the information is also free. You can use OCW for teach in Salvadorian universities or at least for establish a comparison between their curriculum and our curriculum.
The author talks about a lot of open source software applications for e-learning. Personally I am a web master for the web site www.juliux.org. Juliux.org was born one year ago. It is a free web site for education and publication. Really it is my own web site, but, I am using it for teaching in Don Bosco University.
I my own experience I was testing many learning management systems such as learnloop(3) or moodle(4). All systems was tested and used for teaching in experimental groups in Don Bosco University. The main problem of actual LMS was the learning evaluation. In order to improve electronic learning evaluation SISEV(5) was created. Sisev is an specific and improved LMS for learning evaluation. Sisev has modules for different kind of learning evaluation. Actually it is in version 2. The Sisev team(6) are working in the version 3. Version 3 will have practical evaluation modules. So Sisev is an LMS Salvadorian project an is based in GPL too.
So finally in conclusion:
I.The author mention a lot of Open Source Software for LMS, in El Salvador , specifically in Don Bosco University and other universities, the LMS is very important for teach and learn, Electronic way of teaching ought to be implemented in El Salvador Universities in order to improve learning.
II.The open source software liberties ought to be used in order to take advantage of high quality and low cost software for education.
III.For obvious reasons(7) open source software always be more cheaper than commercial software but knowledge of system administrators ought to be very high.
IV.El Salvador should implement open source software for education, if the government really like to improve the education. This is because open source software has a lot of benefits for education(8).
FootNotes:
1-Install Festivals are user groups meetings for install GNU/LINUX.
2-Protocols are a collection of software that enables communication between computers or networking equipment.
3-http://www.learnloop.org
.
4-http://www.moodle.org
5-http://sisev.juliux.org
6-Some students and teachers from UDB
.
7-Obvious reasons based on GPL
.
8-See http://www.juliux.org/blogger/2005/07/implementation-and-educational.html
References:
-Open Source en el e-learning: ¿Una cuestion de mente?, Carlos Emilio Biscay, available on line at http://www.e-abc.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=69
I.Liberty of use: you can use the software for any purposes.
II.Liberty of analyze the source code, and adapt it to local necessities: Basically we have the source code and can analyze it. The adaptation process is a modification of original program for fixing or improvement.
III.Liberty of distribution: you can distribute the software with people that need it. Many Linux User Groups sell GNU/LINUX CDs in Install Festivals(1).
IV.Liberty of improvement: You can add new modules or components to the actual program. This liberty is fully connected with the possibility to analyze the source code.
Of course the author talk about GPL, because is an open source software stuff. The main medium for distributing information in an open source software community is the Internet. The evolution of Internet involves the creation of protocols(2), systems, etc. Many of this protocols tend to be a commercial products. There are many institutions that are leading the Internet evolution. This institutions such IEEE, W3C, IETF, etc. want to develop new standards for Internet related concepts. For that reason the author talks about public interest and Intellectual property. In order to maintain public interest, Internet ought to be based on international standards.
The revolution for maintain Internet based on international standards moves the Universities to a common way, the open source software and information way. Between 2000 and 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology announce the creation of Open Course ware. Open Course Ware is a platform for studying MIT subjects, It is based on open source movement, so the contents and the information is also free. You can use OCW for teach in Salvadorian universities or at least for establish a comparison between their curriculum and our curriculum.
The author talks about a lot of open source software applications for e-learning. Personally I am a web master for the web site www.juliux.org. Juliux.org was born one year ago. It is a free web site for education and publication. Really it is my own web site, but, I am using it for teaching in Don Bosco University.
I my own experience I was testing many learning management systems such as learnloop(3) or moodle(4). All systems was tested and used for teaching in experimental groups in Don Bosco University. The main problem of actual LMS was the learning evaluation. In order to improve electronic learning evaluation SISEV(5) was created. Sisev is an specific and improved LMS for learning evaluation. Sisev has modules for different kind of learning evaluation. Actually it is in version 2. The Sisev team(6) are working in the version 3. Version 3 will have practical evaluation modules. So Sisev is an LMS Salvadorian project an is based in GPL too.
So finally in conclusion:
I.The author mention a lot of Open Source Software for LMS, in El Salvador , specifically in Don Bosco University and other universities, the LMS is very important for teach and learn, Electronic way of teaching ought to be implemented in El Salvador Universities in order to improve learning.
II.The open source software liberties ought to be used in order to take advantage of high quality and low cost software for education.
III.For obvious reasons(7) open source software always be more cheaper than commercial software but knowledge of system administrators ought to be very high.
IV.El Salvador should implement open source software for education, if the government really like to improve the education. This is because open source software has a lot of benefits for education(8).
FootNotes:
1-Install Festivals are user groups meetings for install GNU/LINUX.
2-Protocols are a collection of software that enables communication between computers or networking equipment.
3-http://www.learnloop.org
.
4-http://www.moodle.org
5-http://sisev.juliux.org
6-Some students and teachers from UDB
.
7-Obvious reasons based on GPL
.
8-See http://www.juliux.org/blogger/2005/07/implementation-and-educational.html
References:
-Open Source en el e-learning: ¿Una cuestion de mente?, Carlos Emilio Biscay, available on line at http://www.e-abc.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=69
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