Who is to blame? DOES IT BREAK?
I read the incredible history with the teacher who, while he had tried as Linux says and so had AND experience and knowledge, still believed firmly that
No software is free and it is dangerous to spread such distortions.
Education should innovate, work together and encourage young people to do the same.
If, instead, he insists that our students use the expensive, commercial/proprietary software, then innovation runs rampant.
Commercial software has been developed for a very specific purpose: generating profit and increasing shareholders' profits.
Open Source software, by its very nature, is the result of common need. In an open source project the most valuable thing is by definition the community. The community works together as a collective in order to respond to some common issues.
Without open source, many organizations and companies would not even exist. Although many people do not know it, the Internet runs Linux, commonly open source software and is every day over (365 days x 24 hours).
Companies like Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Amazon, eBay are based on Open Source cloud-based infrastructure and services.
So, if all these giants use open source, then ...
Then what might be the reasons (or perhaps the unwritten "laws"?) that they don't want to use Open Source software in educational system.
Given that Open Source software does not hinder students pedagogically or strategically, what or what are the real reasons that prevent its use in the classroom? There are two important reasons that while everyone understands them, no one talks about them.
It is certainly part of the marketing / proprietary software marketing strategy which, among other things, often includes resources aimed at educators - either freely available or for a fee. These learning resources include lesson plans (Lesson plans), πρότυπα έγγραφα ή archives αλλά και δημοσιευμένα εκπαιδευτικά βιβλία. Ουδείς μπορεί να αμφισβητήσει ότι όλο αυτό το υλικό κάνει τη δουλειά του δασκάλου πολύ πιο εύκολη από την στιγμή που ένα συγκεκριμένο προϊόν έρχεται με ένα δομημένο σχέδιο μαθήματος για το εν λόγω πρόγραμμα λογισμικού. Μπορεί ακόμα και να διατίθεται υλικό που βοηθάει την μετάβαση των εκπαιδευτικών σε ένα συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα λογισμικού. Κάτι που, όπως είναι ευνόητο, είναι και αυτό μέρος μιας εμπορικής στρατηγικής μάρκετινγκ των προϊόντων.
Another reason is that Open Source software, by definition, has nothing to do with marketing. It concerns the possibility of each interested party to be involved in the continuous development of open source, as a member of a community. This in itself reflects and enhances the innovation and collaboration that should be inherent to learning. And in theory it is; everyone talks about its crucial importance. But in practice? Because to collaborate means to work together with someone else. Cooperative learning means that both teachers and students are active participants in the learning process. procedure. Something like this, clearly, requires work on the part of the developers as well as the users. Certainly, this presents a challenge for people who simply want to use whatever software is available. Don't forget that learning new software can be daunting since much of the training material is included in commercial software.
And yet, there are so many effective teaching tools that are open source like the Open eClass, the integrated Electronic Course Management System, the moodle with incredible features and excellent tutorials and learning resources.
Therefore, if instead of seeing Open Source as a kind of software that is disadvantaged or less capable, we can see it as a huge opportunity that can really improve the future of our students by preparing them for a changing and evolving world rapidly.
The Non-Software-Related Open Source Movement Movement promotes the legitimacy, openness, sharing, and reuse of code, content, texts, music, movies, information, data, files and knowledge; introduces us to a world that functions and operates on the basis of a different system of values. The use of Open Source Software, the use of Open Hardware, and the use of Open Licensing is now widespread in the world. At the same time, the Internet is a new work platform for musicians, artists, artists and academics, while new media and social networks or new ways of financing and business action are constantly evolving.
And this development should also be channeled into the nurseries of knowledge that are schools. Because knowledge is not something that is given to students, rather than something that arises from the active dialogue between those who try to understand and use concepts and techniques. Thus, education should not simply involve the outflow of the student with knowledge from the teacher. Knowledge acquisition is an interactive process, not a cumulative answer for Trivial Pursuit.
And Open Source has not just a future; it's the Future!
