Re: [PLUG] Can FOSS help school districts in trouble?

[Jack Hill <ejh56@drexel.edu>]

I pointed out this thread to my (new) local LUG and was asked to forward 
this message along, so here it is:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:50:15 -0400
From: Rob Rousseau <ki4bke@nc.rr.com>
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug@trilug.org>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Free software in education

Jack,
    Can you forward this e-mail to the PLUG?
    Moodle and Sakai come to my mind as an open source replacement to
Blackboard in the Education circles.
Here is a list of who is using what so far:
http://xolotl.org/blog/xolotl/who-using-sakai-moodle
    MCNC (which operates the high-speed network for the NC education
system, NCREN - North Carolina Research and Education Network) was
hosting a Learning Management System Focus group.  Information is
here:
https://edspace.mcnc.org/confluence/display/lms/Home+-+Learning+Management+=
System+Focus+Group

Other work groups are here:
https://www.mcnc.org/advisory-and-governance/working-groups.html

Thanks,
-Rob

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