Free Software for Education

1. http://tdm.info enquiries@thedevelopmentmanager.com Mobile: 0779 256 9415 Free Software for Education

2. Who are http://tdm.info?? We improve e-Learning and e-Business with Open Source.

3. Hosting • Training • Consultancy • Theme design • Technical support • Software support • Software administration • Software modifications • Software integrations • Instructional design • Content design • e-Moderation service • Typing pool service • Health checks • Tender writing • Strategy writing • Report writing

4. http://tdm.infoare an official http://mahara.org PartnerOrganisation

5. Focus of this presentation • e-Learning and e-Business WEBOGRAPHY of Free Software applications – all available at zero financial cost • Make you aware of the importance and practical benefits of: • Software Freedom • emerging technologies

6. An MLE - not just a VLEMLE = A Managed Learning Environment • Video/Audio/Text Conferencing • Content Management System • Podcast / RSS feed • Repository with Version control • Project Management System • Customer Relationship Management? • VLE • e-Portfolio • KnowledgeBase • e-ILP • Network Hub • Course Authoring tools • NVQ Tracking • M-Learning

7. Why do you need an MLE? WBL 2.0 !! = e-Moderated Learning • Peak-Oil & the Transition Economy • Web2.0, Learning2.0 and Work2.0 • Return on Investment • Scaffolding the ZPD & e-Moderation

8. Free Software Context(OSS / FOSS / FLOSS) • “Free” as in “Cost-Free”. • “Free” as in “Free milk for babies” – i.e. relinquishing control over your own data. • “Free” as in “Freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve” the software you use. WARNING!! Logos shown on these slides with RED boxes represent software which is NOT “Free as in Freedom”

9. Free e-Portfolio http://mahara.org Some Alternatives: • MyStuff (OU)‏ • Elgg • MooFolio • Moodle • OSP (with Sakai)

10. Free VLE = Virtual Learning Environment http://moodle.org/ Some Alternatives: • Dokeos • DrupalEd • Bodington • Sakai • Claroline

11. Free Course Authoring • Xerte: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/ • eXe: http://www.exelearning.org/ • LAMS: http://www.lamsinternational.com/ • Udutu: http://www.udutu.com/

12. Free Knowledgebase • KBPublisher: http://www.kbpublisher.com

13. Free Conferencing • DimDim: http://www.dimdim.com/ • WengoPhone: http://www.openwengo.org/ • GizmoProject: http://www.gizmoproject.com/ • Yugma: http://www.yugma.com/

14. Free Comic Creation • MakeBeliefComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ • Comiqs: http://comiqs.com/ • Pixton: http://www.pixton.com/home

15. Free Online Whiteboards and note-sharing • Google Notebook: http://www.google.com/notebook • Jotspace(Alpha): http://www.jotspace.com/ • Skrbl(Beta): http://www.skrbl.com/

16. Free Drawing & Mind-Mapping • FreeMind: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page • Dia: http://live.gnome.org/Dia • OOo Draw:http://www.openoffice.org/product/draw.html

17. Cost-Free Screencasting • Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink • Screencast-o-Matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com • Istanbul (Linux-only): http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul

18. Jane Hart’sDirectory of Learning tools • The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html • Fill yer boots!!

19. Free Blogging • Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/ • b2evololution: http://b2evolution.net/ • Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

20. Free Podcasting • Ardour: http://ardour.org/ • Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net • The Levelator: http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator • Juice: http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ • Pod-O-Matic: http://www.podomatic.com

21. Free Wikis • MediaWiki: http://www.mediawiki.org • Twiki: http://twiki.org/ • PmWiki: http://www.pmwiki.org/

22. Free Surveys • LimeSurvey: http://www.limesurvey.org • SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/ • Joomla/Drupal/Moodle, etc.

23. Free Software for e-Business • The Ethical Case • The Business Case • The Technological Case

24. The Ethical Casefor choosing Free Software • Cost-Free Software for ALL • Sharing is more fun • We still want to live in a “FREE” world • National Security

25. The Business Casefor choosing Free Software • Enterprise class software available • Open Data Standards • Avoid vendor lock-in/being tied to a company • Cost-savings + cost and control implications • YOU can be involved in the development process

26. The Technological Casefor choosing Free Software • Increased security, reliability & stability • Easily modified to suit YOUR needs • Faster development / reduced bugs • Flexibility and Freedom

27. More discussionson the benefits of choosing Free Software • http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ • http://jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/inform19.aspx#anopen • http://www.fsf.org/ • http://www.opensource.org/ • http://www.netc.org/openoptions/pros_cons/comparing.html • http://www.openadvantage.org/about/opensource • http://open-source.gbdirect.co.uk/migration/benefit.html • http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/452 • http://www.idealware.org/articles/true_costs_software.php • http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Finance-IT/Are-Open-Source-and-Capitalism-Worlds-Apart/ • http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html • http://www.diaplous.org/response.htm

28. Free Website CMSs http://www.joomla.org Some Alternatives: • Drupal • Typo3 • Plone • Wordpress

29. Free ECMS= Enterprise Content Management System http://www.alfresco.com Alternatively run Open Office with a Subversion plug-in

30. Free CRM= Customer Relationship Management http://www.sugarcrm.com Some alternatives: • vtiger • openCRX • CiviCRM

31. Open Source Integrations • Mahoodle= Mahara + Moodle • MahJoodle= Mahara + Joomla + Moodle • MAhJoodle= Mahara + Alfresco + Joomla + Moodle • MAhJoodleCRM= Mahara + Alfresco + Joomla + Moodle + SugarCRM (or vTiger) ... And the names can get sillier and sillier.... !!

32. Free Project Management dotProject: http://www.dotproject.net Some alternatives: • Collabtive • Gantt Project • Project Fork • Open Workbench

33. Free Website Authoring • Amaya: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ • Kompozer: http://kompozer.net/ • EasyEclipse: http://www.easyeclipse.org/site/home • QuantaPlus: http://quanta.kdewebdev.org

34. Free Graphics / Publishing • GIMP: http://www.gimp.org • Inkscape: http://www.inkscape.org • Blender: http://www.blender.org • Scribus: http://www.scribus.net

35. Free Office Software • OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org • Google Docs: http://docs.google.com • Zoho: http://www.zoho.com/

36. Free VOIP http://www.trixbox.org/ Some alternatives: • Wengophone • Gizmo (not FOSS)‏

37. Free e-Groupware Manage your business online! http://www.egroupware.org Some alternatives: • phpGroupware • dotProject • TUTOS

38. Free Finance Management • GnuCash: http://www.gnucash.org/ • PayThyme: http://www.paythyme.com/ • TurboCash: http://www.turbocashuk.com/

39. Free Resource Planning(ERP = Enterprise Resource Planning) • OpenTaps: http://www.opentaps.org/ • Compiere: http://www.compiere.com/ • SQLLedger: http://sql-ledger.org

40. Free e-Commerce http://www.oscommerce.com Some alternatives: • CubeCart • Magento • Fishcart • Ubercart • Drupal / Joomla

41. The list is endless... • Accountancy / Payroll • Multimedia / Conferencing • Enterprise Resource Planning • Data Storage • File sharing • Time-Tracking • Educational software • Security software • ...etc...etc...etc...

42. More Free Software Links: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_software_packages • http://www.osalt.com/ • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ListOfOpenSourcePrograms • http://www.opensourcewindows.org/

43. A Free Desktop OS A Linux Operating System http://www.ubuntu.com/ Some Alternatives: • Mandriva • Fedora • PCLinuxOS

44. Mac/PC/Linux Spoofs Novell have produced these funny clips (on You Tube): • “There’s someone else around...” • “If the jacket fits...” The Linux (and other FOSS) developer communities can leap off each other’s shoulders!!

45. Many organisations already use Linux Desktops... • Municipal Council of Munich • Junta de Andalucia

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