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Vol.13, No.4, November 2024. ISSN: 2217-8309 eISSN: 2217-8333
TEM Journal
TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science |
Evaluation of Free Software Use in Learning Environments
Laura Cristina Piñón-Howlet, Alma Lilia Sapién-Aguilar, Humberto Chávez-Acosta
© 2024 Alma Lilia Sapién-Aguilar, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Citation Information: TEM Journal. Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 3160-3167, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM134-50, November 2024.
Received: 11 June 2024. Revised: 19 September 2024.
Abstract:
Open-source software in the educational field aims to contribute to rethinking a different learning strategy model. The goal was to assess whether the use of open-source software can contribute to improving learning environments in a higher secondary education institution in Mexico. A quantitative, non-experimental, transactional, descriptive, and correlational research method was employed. The results showed that open-source software is a valuable support in developing new didactic strategies. The findings revealed confidence among teachers in using open-source software as a didactic strategy, and students considered starting to use open-source software from the first semesters. This research is original as open-source software supports the development of new didactic strategies. The limitation was that teachers use proprietary software, and it is likely more challenging for them to use opensource software.
Keywords – Free software, upper secondary education, learning environment, teachers, students. |
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