Monday, 27 November 2006
Software in Education - Open Source or not?
John Pugh MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons entitled Software in Education, number 179.
"That this House congratulates the Open University and other schools, colleges and universities for utilising free and open source software to deliver cost-effective educational benefit not just for their own institutions but also the wider community; and expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills, through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open source and the value and experience small and medium ICT companies could bring to the schools market."
One interesting site about the pro-open source option for schools is the Open Schools Alliance www.openschoolsalliance.org
posted by Helen Whitehead 11:49 AM
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