翻译《开源软件影响教育》

The Impact of Open Source Software on Education

开源软件对教育的影响

March 5th, 2007 by Ken Udas
作者：吴大垦

I am excited to announce an important new project being launched by an international group of leading authors on “The Impact of Open Source Software on Education.” The group will post their personal perspectives on OSS to Terra Incognita, highlighting themes of particular interest, and then we will move the postings and comments to WikiEducator, where they will be made available as open educational resources. During the days each posting is active on Terra Incognita, the author will be available to respond to feedback and engage in a group dialogue with you.

我很兴奋地宣布推出一项由一个国际小组开展的重要的新项目，小组由“开放源软件对教育的影响”权威作者组成。小组将张贴他们对开源软件（OSS）的个人看法到“未知大陆”网站，突出特别感兴趣的主题，然后我们将文章和讨论移送到WikiEducator网站，变成可用的开放教育资源。每天“未知大陆”上的每篇文章都是动态的，作者可对反馈做出答复，以及参与进你们的群组对话。

An interview with Ruth Sabean, assistant vice provost for educational technology in UCLA’s College of Letters and Science, kicks off the series on March 12. Ruth ran the evaluation process at UCLA that resulted in the selection of the open source application Moodle. She will be available for several days afterward to respond to your questions and exchange ideas. Please visit the OSS in Education project site to learn more about the project, the schedule, topics, and the list of authors. We welcome participation in the project in a number of ways including posting comments and questions, challenging conventional wisdom, sharing your perspectives on OSS in education, promoting the Series among your colleagues, and making good use of the resources we create in your classes, papers, and other projects.

对加州大学洛城分校文学与科学学院教育技术副主任助理萨宾如的专访系列文章，将在3月12日开始发表。萨女士在洛城分校参加评估流程并决定选择开源软件Moodle。她将于几天后回答你们的问题并和你们交换意见。请访问“开源软件在教育”项目网站了解更多项目相关信息，时间表、议题和作者列表。我们欢迎以多种方式参加到项目中来，包括发表留言和提问、挑战传统思维、共享对教育中的开源软件的看法，在你同事之间宣传这个系列文章，以及在你的课堂上、论文中和其他项目中充分利用我们创建的资源。

The series has grown out of the increasingly diverse dialogue that is surfacing about open source software, which is truly becoming an international phenomena that is impacting higher education and larger society. For example, South Africa just joined a growing number of countries including Brazil, China, Spain, India, and Malaysia whose governments are adopting open source software as an alternative to propriety offerings. Although some of these governments are adopting OSS because of the financial implications, many are also trying to reduce the risk associated with depending on a proprietary vendor.

这个系列已经超出了有关开源软件日渐广泛的浅层次话题，开源已经成为一种实实在在的国际现象，对高等教育和社会产生影响。例如，南非刚刚加入到包括巴西、中国、西班牙、印度和马来西亚在内日益增多的国家中，这些政府采用开放源软件替代相应软件。尽管这些国家政府有些采用开源软件是因为财政问题，更多的是尝试减少依赖于专有卖主的风险。

Activity in educational OSS has been quite international. There are many examples of major projects initiated and hosted throughout the world in countries ranging from Australia and New Zealand, to the U.S., France, South Africa, and beyond. In addition, there are at least two collaboration projects— SourceForge Education and Eduforge — which were founded on opposite sides of the globe to support the development of OSS in education. In addition, the growing role of open source software in higher education is also reflected in increased adoption rates at institutions. This, of course, impacts the required competencies at these universities, the economics of doing business, and the shape of the commercial software sector that relies on revenues generated from higher education.

在教育中使用开源软件的活动已经相当国际化。有许多世界各国发起和主持的大型项目例子，从澳大利亚和新西兰，到美国、法国、南非等等。此外，至少有两个合作项目—— SourceForge Education 和 Eduforge ——建立在全球的对面支持教育界开源软件开发之上。此外，开放源软件在高校中日益增长的作用也反映在机构使用开源软件的比率上升。这当然会影响到这些大学所需的能力，经商的经济学和依赖高等教育财政收入的商业软件界的走势。

We hope you’ll join us on March 12 for the start of the Impact of Open Source Software on Education series. This should be a lot of fun. Your comments and posts will contribute to the stock of open educational resources that will be available to support a better understanding of the free Open Source Software movement and what it means for education.

希望您能加入我们从3月12日开始的开放源软件影响教育系列文章。这应该有很多乐趣。你发言和文章将有助于增加开放教育资源，这将有助于更好地了解开源软件运动和对教育的意义。

http://blog.worldcampus.psu.edu/index.php/2007/03/05/the-impact-of-open-source-software-on-education/