FOSStering Education
Objective - Why Free and Open Source Software is essential in Educational Technology, especially in the Indian context. Perils of proprietary software in education (cost, ecosystem-locking, privacy) and how FOSS acts as a solution to some of these problems; successful case studies from the ecosystem.
Discussion points -
- FOSS vs Proprietary software
- Current state of the Indian education ecosystem
- Perils of proprietary software in education
- Why FOSS makes sense in education
- Challenges in FOSS adoption
- Policy Implications of FOSS in EdTech
- Curriculum Integration of FOSS in academia.
Format - Moderated roundtable + QnA
Potential Panelists
- Prof. Pankaj Jalote, Founding Director, IIIIT-Delhi
- Prof. Mohit P Tahiliani , NIT Surathkal
- Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Director, ITforChange
- Prof KC Sivaramakrishnan, IIT Madras. (great suggestion @Mz1! )
Moderator required but happy to moderate this myself. I’ve been looking into this subject for a while now - FOSStering Education | Ansh Arora.
Prof. Rahul De, IIMB who worked on the study cited in this blog will also be a great panelist/moderator.