Running an EDU on OSS
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An examination and discussion of the various enterprise-class OSS tools available for course management, online collaboration, and administration for educational institutions.
Description
With the current economy, we’re seeing enrollments in higher education rise while budgets get cut; in these tough times, OSS allows institutions to empower their greatest asset: their people. In this presentation, we compare and contrast several popular enterprise-class EDU OSS tools, including Moodle, Sakai, .LRN, and Kuali, discussing their architectures, strengths and weaknesses, and how to get involved with making them better.
Tags
education, Open Source, moodle, sakai, kuali, .lrn, openacs
Speaking experience
Speaker
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Michael Alan Brewer
The University of Georgia- Website: http://www.franklin.uga.edu/people/mbrewer.htm
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Biography
Michael Brewer is the Lead Application Developer for the Franklin College Office of Information Technology at The University of Georgia. He designs database-backed web applications used by thousands of students and faculty and serves on several college and University-wide committees on Web development, best practices, and application security. In 2005, he won an Advising Technology Innovation Award from the National Academic Advising Association for an academic advising application he maintains; he recently joined the board of the United States PostgreSQL Association. He holds bachelor degrees in both Mathematics and Music from The University of Georgia and is a member of ASCAP.
Sessions
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- Title: Running an EDU on OSS
- Track: Culture
- Room: Burnside
- Time: 5:00 – 5:45pm
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Excerpt:
An examination and discussion of the various enterprise-class OSS tools available for course management, online collaboration, and administration for educational institutions.
- Speakers: Michael Alan Brewer