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Selectively Employing Open-Source Resources for Online Learning

Selectively Employing Open-Source Resources for Online Learning
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Author(s): Shalin Hai-Jew (Sedgwick County, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 9
Source title: Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shalin Hai-Jew (Sedgwick County, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2205-0.ch017

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Abstract

Those who work in instructional technologies and design have long been turning to the usages of open-source resources (learning / course management systems, software tools and apps, authoring tools, digital learning objects, simulations, games, and virtual spaces) for online learning—for many reasons—their easy availability (through download), the often-free price-tag, the popularity of open-source resources among learners, and the savings in terms of development (not maintenance) costs. This chapter examines the selective adoption of open-source resources for online learning and the practical considerations that inform this decision.

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