scholarly journals Impact of Standardisation and Open Source Software in e-Learning

10.5772/8120 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Nakabayashi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
E Learning

Optimization Scenarios for Open Source Software Used in E-Learning Activities

2018 ◽  
pp. 102-123
Author(s):  
Utku Köse
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Source Codes ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Teaching Learning

Using open software in e-learning application is one of the most popular ways of improving effectiveness of e-learning-based processes without thinking about additional costs and even focusing on modifying the software according to needs. Because of that, it is important to have an idea about what is needed while using an e-learning-oriented open software system and how to deal with its source codes. At this point, it is a good option to add some additional features and functions to make the open source software more intelligent and practical to make both teaching-learning experiences during e-learning processes. In this context, the objective of this chapter is to discuss some possible applications of artificial intelligence to include optimization processes within open source software systems used in e-learning activities. In detail, the chapter focuses more on using swarm intelligence and machine learning techniques for this aim and expresses some theoretical views for improving the effectiveness of such software for a better e-learning experience.

Computer Assisted Active Learning System Development for The History of Civilization E-learning Courses by Using Free Open Source Software Platforms

2011 ◽  
pp. 203-221
Author(s):  
Dilek Karahoca ◽  
Adem Karahoca ◽  
Ilker Yengin ◽  
Huseyin Uzunboylu
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Implementation Purpose ◽  
History Of ◽  
E Learning

This chapter explains the developmental reasons and design to implementation cycles of the Computer Assisted Active Learning System (CALS) for History of Civilization (HOC) courses at Engineering Faculty of Bahcesehir University. Implementation purpose of CALS is to develop set of tools in a systematic way to enhance students’ critical thinking abilities for HOC courses. Dynamic meta-cognitive maps, movies, flash cards and quiz tools were developed. In order to reduce implementation costs of CALS, open Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) standards and platforms were utilized in the development and implementation cycles. This study also investigates the importance of the e-learning platform usage in HOC courses in Engineering Faculty of Bahcesehir University to improve the level of students. Results indicate that the concept based meta-cognitive tool improves learning instead of students just memorizing the class material. Also, engineering students improved their positive attitude towards who wants to learn the history of civilization by using CALS. This study shows that software helps to change human behavior in the learning cycle. This chapter highlights the implications of successful development of FOSS for the CALS.

Open for Social

2011 ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
James M. Laffey ◽  
Matthew Schmidt ◽  
Christopher J. Amelung
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Notification System ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Narrow Framing ◽  
E Learning ◽  
K 12

Online learning in K-12 and higher education has been growing rapidly, and open source software has the potential to improve the quality of e-learning. This paper describes how FOSS enables turning e-learning from a potentially restrictive and narrow framing of the education experience to an emergent and social experience. The authors identify several key elements of the FOSS model that position open source initiatives to contribute to the emergent and social nature of experience in e-learning. The authors also describe several challenges to developing FOSS in a community of educators for e-learning. These elements and challenges are illustrated in a brief case report about the development of an open source software system called Context-aware Activity Notification System (CANS). CANS (http://cansaware.com) is a notification system that integrates with collaborative work and learning systems and is designed around the importance of awareness of user activity, a user’s social context and personal notification preferences.

Integrating XML Technologies and Open Source Software for Personalization in E-Learning

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsun-Ming Lee ◽  
Robert A. Davis ◽  
Yu-Liang Chi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
E Learning ◽  
New Type ◽  
Information Filters ◽  
Object Models ◽  
Xml Technologies

E-learning that emphasizes learner-centered activity and system interactivity provides a pedagogic opportunity to deliver a context for individual learning options. In the past decade, e-catalog standards based on learning object models have facilitated the design of e-learning systems. This study addresses issues for e-learning in a professional setting to foster the development of computer skills in students. In particular, personalized templates generated according to student and learning object models are proposed for instructors to provide practice exercises. Standardized XML technologies and open source software are integrated to create information filters and user interfaces to achieve personalization. The students use open source software that acts as a new type of Web client other than a browser. A case study that applies personalized templates for the learning of computer programming students with different skill levels is presented.

Open for Social

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
James Laffey ◽  
Matthew Schmidt ◽  
Christopher Amelung
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Notification System ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
E Learning ◽  
K 12

Online learning in K-12 and higher education has been growing rapidly, and open source software has the potential to improve the quality of e-learning. This paper describes how FOSS enables turning e-learning from a potentially restrictive framing of the education experience to an emergent and social experience. The authors identify several key elements of the FOSS model that position open source initiatives to contribute to the emergent and social nature of experience in e-learning. The authors also describe several challenges to developing FOSS in a community of educators for e-learning. These elements and challenges are illustrated in a brief case report about the development of an open source software system called Context-aware Activity Notification System (CANS). CANS (http://cansaware.com) is a notification system that integrates with collaborative work and learning systems and is designed around the importance of awareness of user activity, a user’s social context and personal notification preferences.

What's all the FOSS?

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason B. Huett ◽  
Jason H. Sharp ◽  
Kimberly C. Huett
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Proprietary Software ◽  
History Of ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Educational Future

Philosophical, financial, practical, and pedagogical considerations have prompted educators to take a serious look at Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as an alternative to proprietary software. To better understand the overall concept of FOSS, this article provides a brief history of FOSS as well as a summary of its definition, philosophy, and major areas of research, including strengths and limitations, diffusion in education and educational uses as well as a look at the opportunities, issues, and challenges associated with FOSS. In conclusion, the authors speculate how FOSS, along with advances in E-Learning and other emerging technologies, will positively shape our educational future.

Web-Based Service for Collaborative Authoring Learning Using Grid Portal

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayang Hjh. Tiawa Awang Hj. Hamid ◽  
Norma Alias ◽  
Abdul Hafidz Hj. Omar ◽  
Md. Rajibul Islam ◽  
Hafizah Farhah Saipan Saipol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Computing ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Collaborative Tools ◽  
Grid Portal ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Authoring Environment ◽  
Learning Software

The OER is a comparatively innovative phenomenon which perhaps seen as a part of a bigger movement towards openness in advanced education including more familiar and recognized trends, for example Open Access (OA) and Open Source Software (OSS). This study introduces a web based service for collaborative authoring learning to create, share and explore dynamic contents since many problems occurred while using the current e-learning software such as Moodle and LAMS. This paper proposed the alternative e-learning software technology based on grid portal, grid computing platform and it was implemented in two courses. The conventional web based education may not suitable for collaborative tools and online collaborative authoring environment because of slow operation in searching, uploading, visualizing output, and file sharing. The new web based service offers an efficient authoring infrastructure dealing with online collaborative tools and collaborative authoring environment based on grid portal technology to solve the unequal distribution of task and compensation problem as well as investigates how to improve access and usefulness for the users of such OER. UCLA Grid Portal open source software with parallel computing system has been implemented in order to design the efficient authoring infrastructure and to implement an online graphics, animation, audio and video technology courses. The idea is to show how the environment can offer web assisted education that goes beyond providing digital learning materials. The OER, especially in the collaborative authoring activity environment in parallel computing are designed to provide students with new environment where they can share skills, knowledge, and understanding within the group members as well as to enhance students’ teamwork skills in parallel and distributed processing for high performance computing. Based on the strong foundations, hopefully the users are ready to apply their knowledge, creativity and leadership to fulfill the need of their future career development. As a conclusion, the collaborative authoring learning becomes more effective in terms of performance evaluations analysis.

What’s all the FOSS?

2011 ◽  
pp. 24-38
Author(s):  
Jason B. Huett ◽  
Jason H. Sharp ◽  
Kimberly C. Huett
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Proprietary Software ◽  
History Of ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Educational Future

Philosophical, financial, practical, and pedagogical considerations have prompted educators to take a serious look at Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as an alternative to proprietary software. To better understand the overall concept of FOSS, this article provides a brief history of FOSS as well as a summary of its definition, philosophy, and major areas of research, including strengths and limitations, diffusion in education and educational uses as well as a look at the opportunities, issues, and challenges associated with FOSS. In conclusion, the authors speculate how FOSS, along with advances in E-Learning and other emerging technologies, will positively shape our educational future.

Open source software e-learning system to improve medical image interpretation in young thoracic surgeons

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Ito ◽  
Junichi Shimada ◽  
Daishiro Kato ◽  
Motohiro Nishimura ◽  
Satoru Okada
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Image Interpretation ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Network Computing ◽  
Pulmonary Vessels ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Private Network

<p><strong><em>Background</em></strong> We evaluated the efficacy of the e-learning system for improving young thoracic surgeons’ interpretations of chest computed tomography (CT) images.</p><p><strong><em>Methods</em></strong> We established an e-learning system for medical image interpretation using open source software that can be accessed from multiple sites. We used virtual network computing (VNC), a graphical desktop sharing protocol, to observe the remote server desktop screen. OsiriX, an image-processing package, was installed on the server to share medical images. Five young thoracic surgeons (3-8 years of experience) were instructed to interpret a preoperative chest CT from a remote partner hospital. Chest CTs were extracted from remote hospitals, anonymized, and uploaded to the secure server. The participants accessed the server via high-speed Internet secured with a virtual private network. The young surgeons then created a 3-dimensional configuration of the pulmonary vessels before procedure using the 2-dimensional scans. Next, 5 expert thoracic surgeons ranked the renderings on a 10-point scale. The edited surgical video with the actual pulmonary configuration was uploaded to the web server, and the young thoracic surgeons watched the video as a self-education module. They also commented on their peers’ preoperative images of the pulmonary vessels.</p><p><strong><em>Results</em></strong> The scores of the 5 interpretations and drawings of pulmonary vessel branching patterns of patients with lung cancer undergoing lobectomy increased with years of experience.</p><p><strong><em>Conclusions</em></strong> The young thoracic surgeons virtually learned lobectomy using an e-learning system. We believe this virtual resource will help young thoracic surgeons accumulate greater experience. </p>

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