Open-Source Applications in the Higher Education Academic Computing Market

Inquiry Overview

A leading educational services provider was interested in learning more about open-source initiatives within the higher education academic computing market.

Academic computing, which is made up of four segments, plays a key role in supporting the achievement of institutions' top strategic goals:

• Learning Management Systems (LMS)


• Learning Outcomes Management (LOM)


• Communication and Collaboration


• Content Delivery

Key Questions

• What credible open-source initiatives exist in each of the academic computing segments?


• What trends exist within each of the academic computing segments that may affect open-source developments?

Methodology

For this custom inquiry, Eduventures used secondary sources and internal analysis to provide a list of credible open-source applications within the academic computing framework of higher education institutions.