The Role of OSC-Based Projects in Meeting New Challenges of Education-Concept and Exemplification
Latest developments in economy and industry have shed light on the growing importance of flexible and practice-oriented skills of industrial employees. Much improvement can be achieved by adapting the current practices of education accordingly, for example, by emphasizing hands-on experience and preparing learners (both students and employees in extended training) for independent life-long learning strategies. The paper highlights the importance of open-source software in this context. After giving an overview of R&D projects delivering open-source solutions and existing open-source communities, the example of the TraSer project (an open-source solution platform for track-and-trace applications) is closely examined, with special emphasis on its potential role in education at universities and industrial companies. (c) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 21:E141-E151, 2013
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