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Institutional and pedagogical criteria for
productive open source learning environments
Brian Moeller Svendsen, Thomas Ryberg, Tom Nyvang, Ian Semey, Lillian Buus and Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Department of Communication, Aalborg University, Denmark...
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Institutional and pedagogical criteria for
productive open source learning environments
Brian Moeller Svendsen, Thomas Ryberg, Tom Nyvang, Ian Semey, Lillian Buus and Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Department of Communication, Aalborg University, Denmark
{brianms}{ryberg}{nyvang}{ips}{lillian}{lone}@hum.
aau.
dk
Abstract: In this article we present some institutional and pedagogical criteria for making an
informed decision in relation to identifying and choosing a productive open source learning
environment.
We argue that three concepts (implementation, maintainability and further
development) are important when considering the sustainability and cost efficiency of an open
source system, and we outline a set of key points for evaluating an open source software in terms of
cost of system adoption.
Furthermore we identify a range of pedagogical concepts and criteria to
emphasize the importance of considering the relation between the local pedagogical practice and
the pedagogical design of t
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