Transfer of Educational Methods through Open Sourcing of Learning Management Systems

Abstract

The transfer and sharing of successful educational methods across countries is viewed as both an opportunity and a challenge. The opportunity is to benefit from the successful experiences of other educational systems. The challenge is how to transfer and adapt such educational methods. This paper proposes open source software a concrete transfer method of educational experiences. This approach is illustrated with an example learning management system originally built in Finland and recently made open source for Tunisian universities as a primary target.