Distributed artificial intelligence: vol. 2
Investigating information systems with action research
Communications of the AIS
Understanding open source software development
Understanding open source software development
Knowledge Sharing in Practice
Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet
Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet
Optimal strategies of IT consulting firms: the impact of license fee and open source
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Electronic commerce
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Open for Social: How Open Source Software for E-Learning can take a Turn to the Social
International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes
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This empirical paper shows how free/libre open source software (FLOSS) contributes to mutual and collaborative learning in an educational environment. Unlike proprietary software, FLOSS allows extensive customisation of software to support the needs of local users better. This also allows users to participate more proactively in the development and implementation process of a FLOSS-based system. In this paper, we observes how implementing FLOSS in an Italian high school challenges the conventional relationship between end users themselves (e.g. teachers and students) and that between users and developers. The findings will shed some light on the social aspects of FLOSS-based computerization - including the role of FLOSS in social and organizational change in educational environments and the ways that the social organization of FLOSS are influenced by social forces and social practices.