Networked systems for schools that learn
Communications of the ACM - Why CS students need math
Designing information spaces
Issues of pedagogy and design in e-learning systems
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing
A context-aware notification framework for developers of computer supported collaborative environments
Open Source software in US higher education: Reality or illusion?
Education and Information Technologies
Cooperation and groupness: community formation in small online collaborative groups
Proceedings of the 2007 international ACM conference on Supporting group work
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
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Online learning in K-12 and higher education has been growing rapidly, and open source software has the potential to improve the quality of e-learning. This paper describes how FOSS enables turning e-learning from a potentially restrictive framing of the education experience to an emergent and social experience. The authors identify several key elements of the FOSS model that position open source initiatives to contribute to the emergent and social nature of experience in e-learning. The authors also describe several challenges to developing FOSS in a community of educators for e-learning. These elements and challenges are illustrated in a brief case report about the development of an open source software system called Context-aware Activity Notification System CANS. CANS http://cansaware.com is a notification system that integrates with collaborative work and learning systems and is designed around the importance of awareness of user activity, a user's social context and personal notification preferences.