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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Open Source Software (OSS)
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7 Things You Should Know About LMS Evaluation
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May 11, 2011
At many institutions, the current LMS is five or more years old. In that time, the teaching and learning context might have changed considerably, and other products, including open-source o…
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F-LECCS: Open Platform for Virtual Learning Environments (Institutional Scope)
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February 15, 2011
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
F-LECCS is a project supported by Japanese government. Fukui's seven higher educational institutions began cooperating with each other in order to build "one virtual university environmen…
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Open Governance in Higher Education: Extending the Past to the Future
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February 7, 2011
Patrick Masson ( pmasson@umassonline.net ) is Chief Technology Officer of UMassOnline, the online consortium of the University of Massachusetts. Comments on this article can be posted to…
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The Evolving LMS Market, Part I and Part II
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December 21, 2010
In this post,the author discusses what the data are telling us so far about the recent shifts in the market, describe how colleges and universities come to decide that they need to go to market f…
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7 Things You Should Know About Android
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December 8, 2010
Android is a Linux-based, open-source operating system designed for use on cell phones, e-readers, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices. Android has been selected by many hardware manufacturers…
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CHANGE: Migrating from a Legacy LMS to an Open-Source Moodle Platform
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January 13, 2011
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2011
What special considerations should be taken when evaluating a transition to Moodle? Why should I consider managed open source? And is the cloud the right fit for my institution? These questions rep…
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The 2010 Campus Computing Survey: Two Decades of Data, Information, and Insight About IT Planning and Policy Issues
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October 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest continuing study of the role of computing, e-learning, and information technology in U.S. higher education. This session will present the …
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Higher Education Subcultures and Open-Source Adoption
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October 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Successful adoption of new teaching and learning technologies in higher education requires the consensus of two subcultures, the technologist subculture and the academic subculture. This session wi…
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The Top of the Stack: Fuchs on Funding
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October 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
In more than 10 years as vice president and program officer forresearch in information technology at the Andrew W. MellonFoundation, Ira Fuchs oversaw the grants program that fundedprojects includi…
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Using OSSEC Open-Source, Host-Based Intrusion Detection
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April 13, 2010
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A session at the Security 2010
OSSEC is a free, open-source, cross-platform, host-based intrusion detection system. The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences has used OSSEC for several years. We utilize OSSEC to…

















