鳥居
International Workshop on
The Trends and the Future of Open Source, Open Content and Standardization
November 5 or 6, 2007, Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan


A brief description of the workshop topic

 

Open source software and standardization are inseparable to each other, and are inevitablefactor in the ICT field for accelerating technology innovation and market spread. This workshopoverviews the trends of open source software and standardization for e-learning platform and content, and discusses their impact for the future evolution of e-learning.

Motivation of the workshop
 

As seen in the growth of the Internet, open source software and open standards have played a quite important role in the evolution mechanism of the ICT field. Recently this important role of open source software and open standards has become well recognized in the e-learning field. Open source software and open standards obtain a lot of attraction for enhancing reusability and interoperability of e-learning content as well as for improving cost performance of e-learning platform. Based on this background, this workshop tries to provide an opportunity to share the information on the cutting edge activities of open source software and open standards in the e-learning field and to discuss their significance in the future development of e-learning.