• DocumentCode
    2630311
  • Title

    Research on benefits of FOSS use in education sector of Mongolia

  • Author

    Davaa, Tuul ; Tudevdagva, Uranchimeg

  • Author_Institution
    Mongolian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Ulaanbaatar
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    23-29 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    356
  • Lastpage
    358
  • Abstract
    The Free and Open Source Software concept has been adopted in Mongolia in frame of Sakura project. The main outputs of this project are (1) the development of research finding paper in efficiency of learning and choice between FOSS and Microsoft software that correspond to Mongolian education sector policy development; (2) the conduct of round-table discussions and research validation workshop on use of FOSS in education sector, involving different strategic stakeholders in Mongolian information and communications policy development (ICTA and attached agencies, academy, key IT associations, NGOs and other civil society organizations); and (3) print publication of the aforementioned paper, including relevant outputs of the related round-table discussions and validation workshops.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; educational courses; public domain software; Microsoft software; Mongolia; Mongolian education sector policy; Mongolian information and communications policy development; Sakura project; free and open source software concept; round-table discussions; validation workshops; Costs; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Hardware; Linux; Natural languages; Open source software; Personal communication networks; Software standards; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Strategic Technologies, 2008. IFOST 2008. Third International Forum on
  • Conference_Location
    Novosibirsk-Tomsk
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2319-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2320-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IFOST.2008.4602970
  • Filename
    4602970