TY - JOUR TT - TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING ASSISTED BY FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AU - Naidu, Vikas Rao AU - Singh, Baldev AU - Al Harrasi, Raya Ali AU - Al Balushi, Haleema Hassan PY - 2017 DA - August DO - 10.18768/ijaedu.338515 JF - IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education JO - IJAEDU PB - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research WT - DergiPark SN - 2411-1821 SP - 422 EP - 427 VL - 3 IS - 8 KW - Free and open source software KW - E-learning KW - Sustainability in education KW - Technology-enhanced learning KW - Enhanced teaching and learning practices KW - Interactive educational tools KW - Multimedia in education N2 - The educationsystem of the present day has undergone a great revolution, with theenhancement of education technology. Especially in the higher education sector,IT is playing a vital role in the advancement of teaching and learningpractices. Most of the educational organizations have already adopted smartlearning environment by upgrading their infrastructure and with proper capacitybuilding among staff members. But in the education sector, sustainability oftechnology is always being a challenge. To develop learning materials, manyinstitutions have already started using free and open source software (FOSS)tools. FOSS gives freedom to the developer with the provision of variouscustomization options as per the requirements of the class or subject.Moreover, in the longer run, free and open source software could be consideredas the best option in education for e-learning implementation, forsustainability. There are many tools which are available for e-learningresource development. Some of them are available online and some are availableas an installer for the various platform. In order to adapt ICT in education,especially in non-IT specialization, the faculty members need the training tolearn and implement these tools in their classes. But there are many tools,which are specially designed for educators with basic knowledge of computers.Educators can plan their sessions, based on content, duration as well as thelevel of the subject and the students. This research paper will highlightvarious aspects of the implementation of FOSS, in education by using sucheasy-to-implement tools and techniques. This would provide general guidelinesfor the development of various e-learning solutions for technology-enhancedteaching and learning practices in higher education. CR - A. Brocco and F. Frapolli, Open Source in Higher Education: Case Study Computer Science at the University of Fribourg, 1st ed. University of Fribourg, 2017, pp. 13-20. "About – Alice", Alice.org, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.alice.org/about/. [Accessed: 08- Jun- 2017]. B. Foundation, "Blender Foundation — blender.org", blender.org, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.blender.org/foundation/. [Accessed: 08- Jun- 2017]. C. Zymaris, A catalogue of open source computer programs for teaching and learning, 1st ed. The National Center for Open Source and Education, 2017, pp. 25-29. D. Lipsa and R. Laramee, "Open Source Software in Computer Science and IT Higher Education: A Case Study", cs.swan, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csbob/research/openSource/lipsa11open.pdf. [Accessed: 01- Jun- 2017]. I. Fuchs, challenges and opportunities of open sources in higher education, 1st ed. www.educause.edu, 2017, pp. 151-157. M. Terbuc, "Use of Free/Open Source Software in e-education", researchgate, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224382895_Use_of_FreeOpen_Source_Software_in_e-education. [Accessed: 01- Jun- 2017]. P. Courant and R. Griffiths, Software and Collaboration in Higher Education: A Study of Open Source Software, 1st ed. sr.ithaka.org, 2017, pp. 13-24. "Pencil2D - opensource animation software", Pencil2D - opensource animation software, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.pencil2d.org/. [Accessed: 08- Jun- 2017]. "Proprietary software versus Open Source Software for Education", www.ajer.org, 2013. [Online]. Available: http://www.ajer.org/papers/v2(7)/O027124130.pdf. [Accessed: 01- Jun- 2017]. Q. Maker and I. Ltd., "Qedoc Quiz Maker. Get the software safe and easy.", Software Informer, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://downloads.informer.com/qedoc-quiz-maker/. [Accessed: 08- Jun- 2017]. UR - https://doi.org/10.18768/ijaedu.338515 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/343803 ER -