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The Journal: State Leaders Weigh In on Open Source Assessment
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| As an advocate for open source the additional
| observations left me feeling good because I
| can assist with many of them. I currently
| present at educational technology conferences
| about FOSS and how it provides greater value
| to education than merely lowering costs.
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http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-journal-state-leaders-weigh-in-on-open-source-assessment/
A K12 Educatorâs Guide to Open Source Software
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| Since this needed to be a single double-sided
| sheet of information, itâs been edited quite
| judiciously! A lot of great stuff has been
| left out here, but I think this is a sampling
| of the best-of-the-best of the resources out
| there. So if youâre a K12 educator looking for
| more information on open source but
| overwhelmed by the amount of info out there,
| Iâm hoping this will be a good shortlist for
| you to start from!
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http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/a-k12-educators-guide-to-open-source-software/
Recent:
Update: Report: School Leaders Interested in Learning About Open Source Platform for Internet-Based Testing
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| An Open Source Platform for Internet-based
| Assessment: A Report on Education Leaders'
| Perceptions of Online Testing in an Open
| Source Environment synthesizes the findings
| from over 80 interviews with state
| assessment and technology leaders
| (representing 27 states) and national
| education opinion leaders (representing
| both public and private organizations). The
| study found that more and more states are
| rapidly moving toward Internet-based high-
| stakes testing, and that there was interest
| in understanding how an open source
| platform might work in an online assessment
| environment.
|
| "Open source software is being used in both
| higher education and K-12 today, though not
| for high-stakes assessments. Given the
| right circumstances, as revealed in this
| study, we believe it is an option for the
| future and could be used in the K-12
| education community to a great advantage,"
| ETS Senior Vice President and General
| Manager, K-12 Assessment Programs, John
| Oswald, explains. "Not just for assessment,
| although this research is specifically
| around that idea, but as an innovative way
| of using technology -- we are aware of open
| source technology and naturally wanted to
| explore its benefits."
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http://ca.sys-con.com/node/1332398/print
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