Open Source and
Higher Education
Lacey Williams Henschel
The University of Texas at Austin
@laceynwilliams
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education
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transparency
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users
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kuali.org
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“Software developed by and for
higher ed needs a lot of flexibility
due to the various needs of
different parts of campus.”
- Tim Brace, ApplyTexas
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moodle.org
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Source: Inside Higher Ed
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canvaslms.com
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sakaiproject.org
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open.edx.org
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Source: Rochester Institute of Technology
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“They don’t have faith that an ad
hoc community will be able to
support them in a crisis.”
- Stephen Jacobs, RIT
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“Large public schools have the
hardest time maintaining and
implementing open source
programs because they are
competing for talent against private
companies.”
- Michelle Harven, EdTechTimes