Role Of FOSS In Elearning

Wikipedia defines FOSS -Free and Open Source Software, as a “software which is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code”.
FOSS can be used in setting up the ICT infrastructure in educational institutions like the server software and desktop applications, Library Management Systems and Learning Management Systems etc. In short it can provide softwares to host a ELearning Institution.The potential cost savings resulting from the use of FOSS is immense”…
A Content Management System (CMS) which forms the backbone of ELearning, facilitates the creation, publishing and management of Web content by providing a platform that can be used by individuals without their having to master the underlying technologies. Examples of FOSS Content Management Systems are PostNuke (www.postnuke.com) and Plone (plone.org). PostNuke is based on PHP and MySQL, while Plone is based on the Zope application server, which is written using the Python programming language….
Thus FOSS enables one to develop and view Interactive Websites that offer collaborative environment.

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