原文 http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/ossoptionseducation
本文档包含了一些在教育领域使用的开源软件。这些软件可能也在教育领域之外使用，但它们在教育建设中取得了一些有效的成绩，或者在教学活动中得到使用。
该文档旨在补充英国内阁办公室的开源选择文档，作为其开源采购工具包的一部分，基于开源软件在整个公共部门未充分利用的认识。因此，本文件的目的和上下文和原始文件中所述相同。
OSS watch 负责维护“在内阁办公室中对开源软件的使用指导”的简报。简报中的指导也可以适用于本文件。
目前的形式的文档是OSS watch，英国教育社区，开源软件社区之间持续合作的产物。如果你有在教育方面使用开源软件的案例，或者教育方面使用一些软件的部分功能，请与我们取得联系。
E-Learning
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<a href="http://moodle.org/">Moodle</a>
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<a href="http://www.sakaiproject.org/sakai-cle">Sakai CLE</a>
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<a href="http://www.oaeproject.org/">Apereo OAE</a>
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<a href="http://www.instructure.com/">Canvas</a>
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<a href="http://gibbonedu.org/">Gibbon</a>
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Blackboard
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Echo 360
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Desire2Learn
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StudyWiz
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Frog
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Moodle is used internationally by hundreds of institutions.
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There is a highly active Moodle user community providing support.
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Moodle can be extended an integrated with other systems using the large library of available plug-ins.
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The Sakai project was founded from a collaboration between Indiana University, MIT, Stanford and University of Michigan. It currently maintains two systems – the Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) and the Open Academic Environment (OAE).
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Gibbon aims to meet the needs of teachers, reducing workload and helping students learn. It also handles SIM functionality, providing all information in one place.
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Manchester Metropolitan University selected Moodle as its VLE after an extensive review. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3o">http://oss.ly/3o</a>
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The Open University uses Moodle to deliver distance learning courses with one of the world’s largest Moodle instances. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3r">http://oss.ly/3r</a>
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Over 4000 schools, colleges, universities and companies have an active Moodle site in the UK alone. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3q">http://oss.ly/3q</a>
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The University of Oxford uses Sakai as the basis of their WebLearn platform for teaching, research and collaboration. References<a href="http://oss.ly/3s">http://oss.ly/3s</a>
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In August 2013, Sakai OAE was relaunched as Apereo OAE.<a href="http://oss.ly/58">http://oss.ly/58</a>
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The Utah Education Network replaced Blackboard with Canvas in 9 state-owned colleges and universities. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4c">http://oss.ly/4c</a>
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The International College of Hong Kong uses Gibbon. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/59">http://oss.ly/59</a>
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<a href="http://opencast.org/matterhorn">OpenCast Matterhorn</a>
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MediaSite
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Panopto
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Matterhorn provides an end-to-end solution from automated lecture capture through processing and distribution.
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Videos can also be published to existing public platforms such as YouTube or iTunes.
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Captioning, keyboard navigation and screen readers are well supported.
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Media can be encoded using standard formats, ensuring your media isn’t locked in to a particular system or playback software.
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Oxford Brookes University are piloting Matterhorn, including integration with their Moodle VLE. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3u">http://oss.ly/3u</a>
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Loughborough University use Matterhorn, using it to capture around 90% of lectures in 2011. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3v">http://oss.ly/3v</a>
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Camtasia
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Adobe Captivate
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iSpring Presenter
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Jing
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SMART Notebook page recording feature
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CamStudio allows you to make a video of what’s happening on your screen. It will also capture audio from a microphone.
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As well as capturing a lecture or presentation, it can be used to record a tutorial or walk through of a system.
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Videos can be recorded to AVI, or to SWF for streaming via Flash.
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Windows Sound Recorder
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GoldWave
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Mobile phone
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Audacity is a fully-featured audio recorder and editor for Windows, Linux and Mac.
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Multiple tracks can be recorded separately and edited together.
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Additional audio tracks can be imported.
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Files can be saved to a number of formats.
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University of Oxford recommends Audacity for recording an editing podcasts. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3w">http://oss.ly/3w</a>
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<a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openmeetings/">OpenMeetings</a>
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<a href="http://www.bigbluebutton.org/">BigBlueButton</a>
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Adobe Connect
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Blackboard Collaborate
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Mega Meeting
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These systems allow multiple participants to participate in a session via the web.
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Users can collaborate on a shared “whiteboard”.
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Video, audio and text chat are supported.
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Users can share presentations and applications from their screen with other users.
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University of the West of Scotland rolled out BigBlueButton in September 2012 following a successful pilot. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3y">http://oss.ly/3y</a>
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Goldsmiths University of London provide BigBlueButton for use through its Moodle VLE. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3z">http://oss.ly/3z</a>(Login as Guest)
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<a href="http://mediagoblin.org/">MediaGoblin</a>
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<a href="http://plumi.org/">Plumi</a>
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<a href="http://kaltura.org/">Kaltura</a>
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Planet eStream
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ClickView
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MediaCore
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vShare
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PHP Motion
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These products provide a locally-hosted “YouTube” style system.
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Users can upload videos which are converted into a streamable format and shared.
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Videos can be embedded into a web page or VLE.
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Users can rate and comment on videos.
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Bonn University uses Plumi for its podcast portal. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/3x">http://oss.ly/3x</a>
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University of Mary Washington moved away from Kaltura after finding the open source version limiting.<a href="http://oss.ly/4t">http://oss.ly/4t</a>
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<a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/">Xerte</a>
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Adobe Authorware
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Articulate + Articulate storyline
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HotPotatoes
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Qwizdom
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Xerte allows you to create interactive learning materials, including multimedia content and interactive exercises.
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Content can be created locally, or online using Xerte Online Toolkits.
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Once created, Xerte packages materials in a standard format that can be imported into most VLEs, and viewed using Flash.
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The XENITH project allows materials authored with Xerte to be viewed using HTML5, providing support for more devices.
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Materials created using Xerte allow users to change fonts and colour schemes, as well as supporting text-to-speech, ensuring that materials are accessible to all users.
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Xerte was developed by the University of Nottingham. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/40">http://oss.ly/40</a>
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University of Derby support Xerte as part of its Technology Enhanced Learning resources. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/41">http://oss.ly/41</a>
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<a href="http://openoffice.org/">Apache OpenOffice</a>
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<a href="http://libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a>
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<a href="http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php">NeoOffice</a>
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Microsoft Office
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Adobe Acrobat
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OpenOffice and LibreOffice provide word processing and drawing programs that can be used for simple desktop publishing.
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Documents can be saved to PDF format.
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iBooks Author
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Adobe InDesign
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Sigil is a cross-platform suite for authoring ebooks in the standard and widely-supported ePub format.
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Provides a <abbr title="What You See Is What You Get">WYSIWYG</abbr>interface, as well as allowing direct source editing.
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TeX is a powerful typesetting mark-up language designed to allow users to easily create high-quality electronic or printed books which display consistently across devices and platforms.
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TeX is particularly useful for displaying mathematical and scientific formulae in a consistent manner.
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Documents written in the TeX mark-up language can be rendered to files in the DVI file format, or converted to other formats.
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Many academic publishers use TeX. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4s">http://oss.ly/4s</a>
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The Moodle VLE includes a filter for rendering TeX. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/48">http://oss.ly/48</a>
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<a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">Calibre</a>
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iBooks
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Google Play Books
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Kindle apps
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Calibre is a cross-platform tool for managing a personal ebook library.
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Converts between formats including PDF, ePUB and MOBI (Kindle).
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Supports a wide range of e-readers, tablets and phones for syncing.
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Provides a desktop e-book reader.
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Links to online libraries to allow the download and purchase of e-books.
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<a href="http://etherpad.org/">Etherpad</a>
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<a href="http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/">Gobby</a>
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<a href="http://owncloud.org/">Owncloud Documents</a>
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Google Docs
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Etherpad provides an interface for multiple users to collaborate on a document in real-time over the web.
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Basic formatting is supported, and users’ contributions can be identified by colour.
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Documents can be imported and exported using various formats, including HTML and MS Word.
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The entire history of a document can be viewed using a time slider.
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Gobby provides similar functionality to etherpad, but uses a client-server infrastructure.
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Gobby clients are available for Windows/Mac/Linux
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Owncloud Documents provides Google Docs-style document sharing and collaboration, as well as Dropbox-style synchronisation.
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Assessment
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Software
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Consider as Alternative to
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Comments
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Real World Use
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<a href="http://rogo-oss.nottingham.ac.uk/">Rogō</a>(formerly TouchStone)
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QuestionMark
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Rogō aims to provide an online assessment system with a focus on consistent quality, usability and security.
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The system supports informal progress tests and surveys, self assessment, as well as formal exam papers.
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A range of common question types are supported.
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Features for managing the assessment life-cycle are included, such as standards setting and peer review of papers.
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Rogō supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) allowing it to be connected to VLEs implementing the LTI standard.
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University of Nottingham provides Rogō for online assessment. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/43">http://oss.ly/43</a>
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5 UK institutions including University of Oxford and University of the West of Scotland engaged in a pilot project to assess Rogō against the needs of HE institutions. Reference <a href="http://oss.ly/42">http://oss.ly/42</a>.
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<a href="http://mahara.org/">Mahara</a>
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PebblePad
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Elgg
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Mahara allows easy integration with Moodle. Students can save work created or submitted in Moodle to their Mahara portfolio. Single Sign-On is also supported.
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Students can present selections from their portfolio through customised pages, which they control access to.
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Students can network with one another and share artefacts through groups.
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The LEAP2A standard is supported for interoperability with other e-portfolio systems.
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Southampton Solent University uses Mahara for it’s myPortfolio system. Reference<a href="http://oss.ly/44">http://oss.ly/44</a>.
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Sparsholt College, Hampshire uses Mahara to support it’s ICT Key Skills programme.
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Classroom Tools
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Software
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Consider as Alternative to
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Comments
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Real World Use
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<li>
<a href="http://open-sankore.org/">OpenSankoré</a>
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</ul>
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SMART Notebook
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Promethean ActivInspire/ActivOffice
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OpenSankoré provides an interactive cross-platform interface for whiteboards, touch tables, or any type of computer.
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Whiteboard-style drawing is supported, as well as inserting documents and media.
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The environment’s functionality can be extended by the addition of Widgets.
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OpenSankoré was originally developed and used by the University of Lausanne. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/49">http://oss.ly/49</a>
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<a href="http://italc.sourceforge.net/">iTALC</a>
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SMART Sync
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LANschool
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InterCLASS
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iTALC provides tools for managing the PCs in a classroom.
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A teacher can view students’ screens in overview mode.
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Computers can be remote controlled to provide assistance.
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Workstations can be locked to reduce distractions.
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Demonstrations can be broadcast to all workstations.
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Library Systems
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Software
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Consider as Alternative to
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Comments
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Real World Use
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<a href="http://www.koha-community.org/">Koha</a>
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<a href="http://liblime.com/">LibLime Koha</a>
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<a href="http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/">OpenBiblio</a>
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Heritage
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Koha includes modules for circulation, cataloguing, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.
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Koha supports standard formats and protocols to ensure interoperability with other library systems.
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An online demo of Koha is available on the project’s website. <a href="http://oss.ly/4q">http://oss.ly/4q</a>
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The open source Koha project from koha-community.org is not to be confused with LibLime Koha or LibLime Academic Koha. LibLime Koha is a fork of the original project managed by LibLime, while LibLime Academic Koha is a separate product developed for a consortium of institutions.
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OpenBiblio is an automated library system containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality.
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Staffordshire University use Koha hosted by PTFS Europe<a href="http://oss.ly/53">http://oss.ly/53</a>
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The British Library for Development Studies at the Institute for Development Studies uses Koha<a href="http://oss.ly/54">http://oss.ly/54</a>
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<a href="http://blog.lboro.ac.uk/lorls/">LORLS</a>
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Talis Aspire
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Refworks
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<li>
A demonstration of LORLS and its features is available on the project’s website. <a href="http://oss.ly/4p">http://oss.ly/4p</a>
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<li>
LORLS is developed by the University of Loughborough and is used by several universities around the UK. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4o">http://oss.ly/4o</a>
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<li>
<a href="http://islandora.ca/">Islandora</a>
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</ul>
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CONTENTdm
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DigiTool
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</ul>
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<li>
Islandora is built upon an open source base using components from Drupal, Fedora Commons and Apache Solr
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<li>
Islandora is modular, proving Solution Packs to implement best-practice workflows for managing different content types.
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</ul>
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<ul>
<li>
Islandora is used by the University of St Andrews library. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/57">http://oss.ly/57</a>
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</ul>
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Mobile Solutions
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Software
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Consider as Alternative to
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Comments
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Real World Use
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<li>
<a href="http://mollyproject.org/">Molly</a>
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</ul>
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<ul>
<li>
CampusM
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</ul>
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<li>
Molly provides a framework for building information portals for mobile devices.
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A range of mobile devices are supported from low- to high-end through a single web interface using feature detection
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<li>
Data can be pulled from a range of sources
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<li>
Molly can be run in-house, allowing all institutional data to be kept secure within the institution’s network.
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</ul>
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<li>
Molly powers Mobile Oxford, used by University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4r">http://oss.ly/4r</a>
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</ul>
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Enterprise Architecture And Service Management
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Software
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Consider as Alternative to
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Comments
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Real World Use
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<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.archimatetool.com/">Archi</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.bizzdesign.com/tools/bizzdesign-architect/">BizzDesign Architect</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<td>
<ul>
<li>
Archi and BizzDesign Architect are both enterprise architecture modelling applications that use the Archimate standard.
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</ul>
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<td>
<ul>
<li>
Archi has been used to introduce Enterprise Architecture modelling to several universities around the UK, including Staffordshire University, University of Bolton, and Coventry University. Refs <a href="http://oss.ly/4x">http://oss.ly/4x</a>,<a href="http://oss.ly/4y">http://oss.ly/4y</a>, <a href="http://oss.ly/4z">http://oss.ly/4z</a>
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</ul>
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Management Information Systems
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Software
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Consider as Alternative to
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Comments
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<th>
Real World Use
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<li>
<a href="http://www.academia.a1.io/">A1 Academia</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Ellucian Banner
</li>
<li>
PeopleSoft Campus
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
A1 Academia Has many core modules for Mid-Large campus management e.g Student Records, Students Finance, Admissions, Registration, Curriculum Management, Course Mgmt, Exams, Hostels etc
</li>
</ul>
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</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
SIMS
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
SchoolTool is a web-based student information system with features including student record management, attendance logging, gradebooks, and timetabling.
</li>
<li>
SchoolTool integrates with systems including the Moodle VLE via CAS authentication.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
CanDo is a competancy tracking application built on SchoolTool by teachers and students in Virginia. Ref http://oss.ly/56
</li>
</ul>
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Subject-Specific Tools
<th>
Software
</th>
<th>
Consider as Alternative to
</th>
<th>
Comments
</th>
<th>
Real World Use
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://ardour.org/">Ardour</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
ProTools
</li>
<li>
Cubase
</li>
<li>
Sibelius
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Audacity enables recording, editing and mixing of audio tracks. It provides a comprehensive suite of editing tools, as well as supporting a range of effects through LADSPA plug-ins.
</li>
<li>
Ardour also provides a suite for recording and editing audio, but unlike Audacity, also supports multi-track recording.
</li>
<li>
Unlike Audacity, Ardour is a “non destructive” editor, allowing effects to be adjusted repeatedly.
</li>
</ul>
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</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
FL Studio
</li>
<li>
Sibelius
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Rosegarden provides a multi-track MIDI sequencer and composition environment.
</li>
<li>
Hydrogen is a cross-platform drum machine.
</li>
<li>
MuseScore allows you to create, play and print sheet music.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
MuseScore is used internationally by schools, universities and private music teachers at all levels, including by Redbridge College and De Montfort University in the UK. Refs <a href="http://oss.ly/4b">http://oss.ly/4b</a>,<a href="http://oss.ly/4a">http://oss.ly/4a</a>
</li>
<li>
Hydrogen is used at Glen View High School in Beaumont, California for teaching loop-based audio production. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4u">http://oss.ly/4u</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Grégoire
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Gregorio provides tools for the typesetting of Gregorian chant notation.
</li>
<li>
Gregorio can be used via a command line, through the TeXWorks GUI, or integrated with the Scribus DTP package.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Reason
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Ubuntu Studio is a specialised Linux distribution focused on media creation.
</li>
<li>
While there is no single open source application that provides all features of a comprehensive package like Reason, there are distributions of Linux designed for studio workstations, combining several applications to provide comparable features.
</li>
<li>
Featured software includes multi-track recorders, MIDI sequencers, virtual amplifiers and effects processors.
</li>
<li>
Ubuntu Studio also features JACK, an advanced audio system allowing the audio inputs and outputs of separate applications to be connected together.
</li>
<li>
As with many Linux distributions, studio-focused distributions can often be run from CD for testing without installing anything to the computer’s hard drive.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://kdenlive.org/">KDEnlive</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.pitivi.org/">PiTiVi</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/">Avidemux</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.openshotvideo.com/">OpenShot</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://cinelerra.org/">Cinerella-cv</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Windows Movie Maker
</li>
<li>
Final Cut Pro
</li>
<li>
Adobe Premiere
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
KDEnlive and PiTiVi are fully featured multi-track non-linear video editors.
</li>
<li>
Based on open source media libraries, a wide range of video and audio formats are supported from a large number of devices.
</li>
<li>
Output to standard formats including H.264 is supported, as well as lossless formats.
</li>
<li>
Blender is an industry-quality tool for 3D animation.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
The 2010 Undergraduate and Postgraduate fine art exhibition at the University of Reading featured a piece of digital sculpture created with Blender. Ref <a href="http://oss.ly/4d">http://oss.ly/4d</a>
</li>
<li>
University of Plymouth use Blender as part of its Media Production degree, and for data visualisation in their planetarium. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4e">http://oss.ly/4e</a>, <a href="http://oss.ly/4f">http://oss.ly/4f</a>
</li>
<li>
Lancaster University provides Avidemux in its computer labs. Ref <a href="http://oss.ly/4d">http://oss.ly/4g</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://qlc.sourceforge.net/">Q Light Controller</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
WYSIWYG
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Q Light Controller is a cross-platform application for controlling DMX or analogue lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
QLab
</li>
<li>
SFX
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Soundboard is a cross-platform tool for building and executing sound cues.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Final Draft
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Celtx is a fully-featured cross-platform screen-writing application.
</li>
<li>
Celtx can sync with cloud services and mobile apps, although these are not open source.
</li>
<li>
Fountain is a plain-text format which can be used for screen writing and rendered to a formatted screenplay.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://gimp.org/">The GIMP</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Adobe Photoshop
</li>
<li>
Z Brush
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) provides a complete set of tools for editing bitmaps, including layering, effects, and colour tools.
</li>
<li>
Plug-ins and scripts are supported to provide extensibility.
</li>
<li>
Images can be imported from a range of formats, including from scanners and Photoshop files.
</li>
<li>
Images can be saved to a range of standard formats.
</li>
<li>
A large community of users have produced extensive documentation and tutorials on The GIMP’s features.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
The engineering department at the University of Cambridge uses GIMP for image manipulation. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4h">http://oss.ly/4h</a>
</li>
<li>
London Metropolitan University provides GIMP as an alternative to Photoshop. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4i">http://oss.ly/4i</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Adobe Lightroom
</li>
<li>
Apple Aperture
</li>
<li>
Adobe Bridge
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Photography workflow and RAW processing tools
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Adobe Illustrator
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Inkscape is a cross-platform program for creating vector graphics, based on the standard SVG format.
</li>
<li>
Importing and exporting of bitmap graphics formats is supported, as is import of Adobe Illustrator files.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
The Oxford Internet Institute uses Inkscape to produce data visualisations. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4k">http://oss.ly/4k</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://scribus.net/">Scribus</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Adobe InDesign
</li>
<li>
QuarkXPress
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Scribus is a cross-platform Desktop Publishing application.
</li>
<li>
As well as typesetting, a range of standard image formats are supported, as are Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
University of Oxford IT Services run a termly course on Desktop Publishing with Scribus. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4l">http://oss.ly/4l</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
3ds Max
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
As well as animation, Blender can be used for 3D modelling.
</li>
<li>
Models created in Blender can be used for 3D printing.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
The Blender community has a forum for discussing blender usage in Academic and Research contexts. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4j">http://oss.ly/4j</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
AutoCAD
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
QCAD and LibreCAD are a cross-platform 2D CAD packages.
</li>
<li>
LibreCAD is based on QCAD but provides a more modern interface
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
AutoCAD
</li>
<li>
SolidWorks
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
FreeCAD is a 3D CAD package.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://netbeans.org/">NetBeans</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://monodevelop.com/">MonoDevelop</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Microsoft Visual Studio
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Eclipse and NetBeans are both popular general purpose Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).
</li>
<li>
Eclipse is used as the basis for many platforms’ Software Development Kits (SDKs), including Android.
</li>
<li>
Eclipse and NetBeans support a variety of languages through plug-ins and extensions.
</li>
<li>
MonoDevelop is an IDE specifically designed for building cross-platform software using an open source implementation of the .NET framework (Mono).
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Pascal
</li>
<li>
Delphi
</li>
<li>
Visual Basic
</li>
<li>
VB.NET
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Scratch is a language designed for teaching programming concepts, allowing students to create programs by dragging blocks onto a canvas rather than typing commands.
</li>
<li>
Ruby, Python and PHP are all widely-used interpreted programming languages.
</li>
<li>
Lazarus is an alternative to Delphi, can run on both Windows and Linux platforms and uses an almost identical interface.
</li>
<li>
PHP is designed for building dynamic web applications.
</li>
<li>
Many common web applications such as WordPress, MediaWiki, Drupal and Moodle are written in PHP.
</li>
<li>
Ruby and Python are powerful multi-purpose languages which can be used to build both desktop and web applications.
</li>
<li>
Ruby and Python feature consistent intuitive syntax which makes them ideal for teaching.
</li>
<li>
Each language is supported by a vibrant community of users and developers, which comprehensive documentation.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
A recent survey of the UK Computing At School (CAS) and Computers of Education Society in Ireland (CESI) communities showed Scratch to be the most widely taught language for 11-14 year olds, Python and Scratch to be the 2 most widely taught languages for 14-16 year olds, and Python to be the second most widely taught for 16-18 year olds. Ref<a href="http://oss.ly/4n">http://oss.ly/4n</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://psy.ck.sissa.it/">PsyScope</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://pebl.sourceforge.net/">PEBL</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Presentation
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Applications that help in running experiments in psychology, for example presenting stimuli to subjects and measuring responses
</li>
<li>
PEBL comes with a library of common tests
</li>
<li>
Allow users to develop their own experiments using scripting or programming
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
PsyScope is used by many university Psychology departments in the UK, including University of Bangor.<a href="http://oss.ly/4m">http://oss.ly/4m</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.gvsig.org/web/home/projects/gvsig-educa">gvSIG Educa</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/">GRASS GIS</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/">JUMP GIS</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Bentley Map
</li>
<li>
MapInfo
</li>
<li>
Geospatial
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
gvSIG Educa is a customization of the gvSIG Desktop Open Source GIS, adapted as a tool for the education of issues that have a geographic component.
</li>
<li>
The aim is to provide educators with a tool that helps students to analyse and understand space, and which can be adapted to different levels or education systems.
</li>
<li>
gvSIG Educa is not only useful for the teaching of geographic material, but can also be used for learning any subject that contains a spatial component such as history, economics, natural science, sociology…
</li>
<li>
Facilitates learning by letting students interact with the information, by adding a spatial component to the study of the material, and by facilitating the assimilation of concepts through visual tools such as thematic maps.
</li>
<li>
gvSIG Educa provides analysis tools that help to understand spatial relationships.
</li>
<li>
Other open source GIS packages provide similar feature sets.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
gvSIG Educa arose out of the gvSIG Batoví distribution, which is available to all children of Common Education (grades 1 to 6) and their respective teachers in public schools across Uruguay, thanks to the Ceibal project. Refs<a href="http://oss.ly/4v">http://oss.ly/4v</a>, <a href="http://oss.ly/4w">http://oss.ly/4w</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://opencircuitdesign.com/">Open Circuit Design</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
NI MultiSIM
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Open Circuit Design is a collection of tools providing features such as PCB layout design and component simulation.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp">The SWORD Project</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Logos
</li>
<li>
E-Sword
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
The SWORD project provides free cross-platform tools for bible study.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Al-Misbah
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Zekr Qur’an is a cross-platform tool for Qur’an study
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.r-project.org/">R</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/">R Commander</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
SPSS
</li>
<li>
SAS
</li>
<li>
S-PLUS
</li>
<li>
Minitab
</li>
<li>
MATLAB
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is an open source implementation of the “S” programing language.
</li>
<li>
R-Commander is a basic statistics GUI for R, consisting of a window containing menus, buttons, and information fields.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
R is widely used by professional statisticians and data miners, as well as professors and university students. Ref <a href="http://oss.ly/5a">http://oss.ly/5a</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
MATLAB
</li>
<li>
Magma
</li>
<li>
Maple
</li>
<li>
Mathematica
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
Sage is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It combines the power of many existing open-source packages into a common interface.
</li>
<li>
Sage’s mission is “to create a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab.”
</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>
SageMath is used and developed by a broad community of academics from institutions around the world. Refs <a href="http://oss.ly/5b">http://oss.ly/5b</a>,<a href="http://oss.ly/5c">http://oss.ly/5c</a>, <a href="http://oss.ly/5d">http://oss.ly/5d</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
Further Reading
- Open Source Options, Cabinet Office UK
- Open Source Procurement Toolkit, Cabinet Office UK
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