Challenges of Implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational Setting

The use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), a subset of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), can reduce the cost of purchasing software. Despite the benefit in the initial purchase price of software, deploying software requires total cost that goes beyond the initial purchase price....

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Autores principales:	Briju Thankachan, David Richard Moore
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	FOSS ICT India Kerala IT@School Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:084c61a6ee774a06803e675862d1023b2021-12-02T19:25:28ZChallenges of Implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational Setting10.19173/irrodl.v18i6.27811492-3831https://doaj.org/article/084c61a6ee774a06803e675862d1023b2017-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2781https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), a subset of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), can reduce the cost of purchasing software. Despite the benefit in the initial purchase price of software, deploying software requires total cost that goes beyond the initial purchase price. Total cost is a silent issue of FOSS and can only be evaluated in the particular environment in which it is adopted, in this case Kerala, India, fora state-level FOSS project called IT@School. This project is one of the largest deployments of free open source software FOSS-based ICT education in the world and impacts 6 million students and 200,000 teachers every year. This study analyzes the perception of 43 senior FOSS implementation project officials. It details how FOSS was introduced and reports on major challenges and how those challenges were overcome in a secondary educational setting in India. Email interviews, document analysis, and online case studies were used to collect the data. The lack of adequate resources to train the teachers was the single biggest challenge in the adoption of FOSS. The emerging strategies for efficient FOSS implementation could be used in other states in India and in other developing countries. Briju ThankachanDavid Richard MooreAthabasca University PressarticleFOSSICTIndiaKeralaIT@SchoolSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 6 (2017)
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description	The use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), a subset of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), can reduce the cost of purchasing software. Despite the benefit in the initial purchase price of software, deploying software requires total cost that goes beyond the initial purchase price. Total cost is a silent issue of FOSS and can only be evaluated in the particular environment in which it is adopted, in this case Kerala, India, fora state-level FOSS project called IT@School. This project is one of the largest deployments of free open source software FOSS-based ICT education in the world and impacts 6 million students and 200,000 teachers every year. This study analyzes the perception of 43 senior FOSS implementation project officials. It details how FOSS was introduced and reports on major challenges and how those challenges were overcome in a secondary educational setting in India. Email interviews, document analysis, and online case studies were used to collect the data. The lack of adequate resources to train the teachers was the single biggest challenge in the adoption of FOSS. The emerging strategies for efficient FOSS implementation could be used in other states in India and in other developing countries.
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title	Challenges of Implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational Setting
title_short	Challenges of Implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational Setting
title_full	Challenges of Implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational Setting
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Challenges of Implementing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): Evidence from the Indian Educational Setting

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