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How Open Source Is Changing Education

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the apple-for-the-penguin dept.

ftblguy writes "MIT's Open CourseWare program provides a great example of how the open source movement is impacting education. The Online Education Database also lists Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, Linux, Firefox, and Google (?) as some of the other open source in education success stories. Open source and open access resources have changed how colleges, organizations, instructors, and prospective students use software, operating systems, and online documents for educational purposes. Each success story has served as a springboard to create more open source successes."

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  1. Re:No change at all but one. by pipatron · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah! Dang those evil communist programmers that program for FREE. I say we ban everyone from doing anything without charging someone for it.

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    c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */
  2. Re: and Google (?) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Online Education Database also lists Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, Linux, Firefox, and Google (?) as some of the other open source in education success stories

    I would like to add my penis to the list. I've educated many girls with it, and it also has open sores, so I think it should be included.