Many education institutes are seeking to use computers and internet. However, most reputed institutions are also constrained by limitations of low budgets and lack of IT savvy human resource. Usually suited-booted vendors do approach through "trustees', resulting in major headaches for the managers i.e Principals. There are several global efforts on "opensource". How 'free', remains to be seen. I am seriously discussing with some institutions some solutions and seek thru this email
1. list those who can provide the necessary customisation,localization,support etc. 2. suggestions for best solutions
I feel this platform should not be talking about the business models and financial aspects. (That may be welcome offline). But I do feel that this platform should be concerned about promoting global standard software suites .
Hence, assuming so, may I request opinions , availability of experience, case studies of deployments , voluntary or corporate support etc on
1. School Management 1. schooltool (schooltool.org) 2. rSmart, kuali (www.rsmart.com) 3. OKI (okiproject.org) 4. opensis (os4ed.org) 5. Any drupal based systems 2. Learning Management 1. moodle 2. sakai 3. Learning resources 1. see resources listed on www.mumbaiapplication.com
jitendra