How open source tools can create balanced learning environments

“Moodle, which is based on social constructionist architecture
to enable knowledge creation, sharing, grading and a lot of
learning activities, is the best tool for a Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE). A combination of Fedora Commons and Fez helps to
maintain digital repository for various types of content, hence
making it useful for managing a digital library.

“Similarly SchoolTool, developed by the Shuttleworth foundation,
is a great tool for classroom management. This is not to
underestimate the other tools available in the open source domain;
rather, more and more tools are available and will be under
development to enhance ICT-integration in education. This is also,
in fact, the fundamental gist of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
model.”

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