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Open Source Software for Educators Open Source Software for Educators Nicole C. Engard VP of Education ByWater Solutions [email protected] Thursday, January 30, 14 Outline •What is Open Source? •Products for educators •Q&A Throughout 2 Thursday, January 30, 14 What isn’t Open Source? Common Open Source FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) •“Isn’t that insecure?” •“I don’t want to share my data!” •“How can it be any good if it’s free?” •“We don’t have the staff to handle open source.” •“We’ve never had success with homegrown systems.” Comic: Author: Unknown | Year: Unknown | Source: Unknown 3 Thursday, January 30, 14 What is Open Source? Open source software is software that users have the ability to run, distribute, study and modify for any purpose. Open source is a collaborative software- development method that harnesses the power of peer review and transparency of process to develop code that is freely accessible.1 Open source draws on an ecosystem of thousands of developers and customers all over the world to drive innovation.2 1,2 http://connect.educause.edu/display/47941 4 Thursday, January 30, 14 What is Free Software? •Often you will hear Free & Open Source Software (F/OSS) in conjunction. •The Free Software Definition (http:// www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) is similar to, but not identical to the Open Source Definition (http://www.opensource.org/ docs/definition.php) •Free does not mean free of cost - it means Free as in Freedom 5 Thursday, January 30, 14 Four Freedoms of Free Software • You need all four of these freedoms to have free software • Freedom of use • Freedom to copy • Freedom to modify • Freedom to contribute http://www.web2learning.net/archives/4263 6 Thursday, January 30, 14 Sharing of ideas "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." Attributed to Bernard Shaw http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1 7 Thursday, January 30, 14 The Cathedral The Bazaar (proprietary software) (open source software) •Development •Code developed occurs behind walls over the Internet •Source code is with several others usually not provided in public view - kept locked up •Source code open •Corporate hierarchy to all users •“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ 8 Thursday, January 30, 14 Open Source Governance What kind of quality control is there? •Most open source projects have a release manager or a manager of some sort who reviews the code and approves it before adding it to the final release What is the role of the community? •The community looks out for the best interests of the software. They work as the governing body behind all decisions related to the software. The community decides what features to develop next and who the managers are. 9 Thursday, January 30, 14 Open Source Community •Open source is about more than free software •Community is crucial to the growth of open source •Without shared knowledge and collaboration the project will not grow •“Critiquing the community is a right reserved for those who have proved themselves by making Graphic From: http://eaves.ca/ valuable contributions”1 2009/07/28/remixing-angie-byron-to- create-the-next-million-mozillians/ •People who use open source can collaborate and contribute in many ways with the community •Write code •Write documentation •Debug 1. Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. “Embracing open source culture and strategy.” In Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything, 82-83. •Educate others Expanded Edition. New York, NY: Penguin USA, 2008. www.wikinomics.com/book/. 10 Thursday, January 30, 14 “Crowdsourcing has it genesis in the open source movement in software. The development of the Linux operating system proved that a community of like- minded peers was capable of creating a better product than a corporate behemoth like Microsoft. Open source revealed a fundamental truth about humans that had gone largely unnoticed until the connectively of the Internet brought it into high relief: labor can often be organized more efficiently in the context of a community than it can in the context of the corporation. The best person to do a job is the one who most wants to do that Howe, J. (2008). job; and the best people to evaluate their performance Crowdsourcing: Why the power of the are their friends and peers who, by the way, will crowd is driving the future of business. enthusiastically pitch in to improve the final product, New York: Crown Business. p.8 simply for the sheer pleasure of helping one another and creating something beautiful from which they all will benefit.” 11 Thursday, January 30, 14 If you don't know why you do what you do then how will you ever get people to be loyal and want to be a part of what you do? The goal is not just to sell to people what you have, it's to sell people on what you believe - the goal is not to hire people who want a job it's to hire people who believe what you believe. If you hire people just because they can do a job they will work for your money - if you hire people who believe what you believe they work for you with blood and sweat and tears. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html 12 Thursday, January 30, 14 Open Source is Easy! “The hard drive on one of our reference desk PCs died today. I threw in a new one, but I didn't feel like spending the day sitting through Windows updates, so I loaded Ubuntu 11.04 on it instead. The install, as I'm sure you know, only took about 15 minutes. Now, before I add my next point, keep in mind that I manage a staff whose average age is about 63. No joke. Most of them have been working at my facility longer than I've been alive. Still, once I had Ubuntu up and running, they were literally fighting over who got to use the new operating system. They loved it that much. Now I agree, Linux kicks butt. I use it about 80% of the time. Typing to you on Mint right now! However, I never expected novice users to take to it so quickly. Please, next time you do an open source webinar, impress on your attendees that libraries aren't sacrificing a thing by switching over to open source software. If anything, open source operating systems and applications can be far more user friendly for the novice user than Windows will ever be...” -- Mark at the The Rahway Public Library 13 Thursday, January 30, 14 Who’s Using Open Source? •Government Agencies •All Kinds of Businesses •Schools (K-colleges) •Librarians 14 Thursday, January 30, 14 2007 Survey Results www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203 15 Thursday, January 30, 14 • In 2010 a survey of 300 large organizations in both the private and public sector found: – 50% are fully committed to open source in their business – 28% say they are experimenting with open source and keeping an open mind to using it – 38% expecting to migrate mission-critical software to open source in next 12 months »The cost was no longer viewed as the key benefit, instead: »76% cited quality as a key benefit of open source »70% cited improved reliability »69% said better security/bug fixing http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5045 16 Thursday, January 30, 14 Open Source on the Web h"p://news.netcra.com/archives/2014/01/03/january-2014-web-server-survey.html#more-13919 17 Thursday, January 30, 14 Why so popular? • Reliability through Peer Review • Freedom to Innovate • No Vendor Lock-in • User-centric Development • Collaborative Environment • Zero License Fees 18 Thursday, January 30, 14 Why should Educators care? 19 Thursday, January 30, 14 • Students should, at least, be given the opportunity to see how their new tools work. They should be given the opportunity to examine the inner workings of software. They should be given the opportunity to extend the functions of their tools, where they see or imagine possibilities. They should not be held back by locking the toolbox of the Information Age and told they must not peer inside, must not try to discover how it works, must not share their tools with others, must not use their tools without paying proper tribute to the software overlords, under penalty and punishment of law. Vessels, Terry. “Why Open Source in Schools,” December 24, 2007. http://edge-op.org/grouch/schools.html. 20 Thursday, January 30, 14 2007 Survey Results 21 http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203 Thursday, January 30, 14 Common questions educators have: • Is there support? Do I have to know how to program? • Do I have to skimp on features? • Isn’t Open Source risky? • Can I do it myself? 22 Thursday, January 30, 14 Is there support? •Most major products have a support model •Ubuntu: www.ubuntu.com/management •Moodle: moodle.com/partners/ •And more! Do I have to know how to program? •Only if you want to alter the software, but there are: •Local Students •Freelance Developers 23 Thursday, January 30, 14 Do I have to skimp on features? • Open Source developers follow the rule of “Release early and release often” • Users vote with their dollars and time • Freedom to develop on your own http://www.flickr.com/photos/programwitch/ • Developers love their products 2505184887/ 24 Thursday, January 30, 14 Isn’t Open Source Risky? • Casey Coleman, chief information • US Department of Defense memo officer for the GSA (U.S.
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