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The Future of Open Source in Higher Education
Thursday, September 27, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time
Many colleges have decided to rely on open-source software instead of commercial software for their campuswide systems. The price is right -- it's free. But there are challenges to adopting software built by a group of volunteers, and software companies say that only commercial products are stable enough and provide a strong enough support model to run crucial operations, such as course-management and financial systems. Open-source leaders argue that colleges are in a better position to build software for themselves, rather than wait for a company to build the tools and features that they need. Is open source sustainable, and if so, how can colleges work together to keep such projects running?
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Join us here on Thursday, September 27, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
The Guest
Bradley Wheeler, chief information officer of the Indiana University system, is an active participant in several open-source software projects. He is also an associate professor of information systems at the Bloomington campus's Kelley School of Business, focusing on the use of computer networks to improve business processes. He will respond to questions and comments about these issues on Thursday, September 27, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time. Readers are welcome to post questions and comments now.
A transcript will be available at this address following the discussion.