Free Software :: Educational Software

Educational Software Portals

oss4lib (Free software news for libraries) (ml)
KDE Edu (ml project) (ml dev)
GNOME Edu projects
SourceForge Educational Software Projects
FreshMeat Educational Software Projects
SchoolForge (Free educational software index) (ml)
Skolelinux (Debian based distribution aimed at schools) (ml)
Debian Junior (Debian sub-project with a collection of packages aimed at children from 7 to 12)
Linux For Kids (Initiative to develop and promote free educational software for children)

GNU and Education (GNU portal for educational free software)
Ofset ("Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching")
SchoolForge (Organization which promotes free educational software) (ml)
Open Source Education Foundation (Non-profit organization which tries to support and promote free software for education)
OpenVES (Non-profit organization which tries to support the development of a 'free' implementation of the PK12 eLearning platform)
OpenCode (Harvard university sponsored organization which wants to discuss and promote 'free' educational content)
Unschooling (Portal about "unschooling". Unschooling is an alternative form of a child's primary and/or secondary education done from a home environment.) (John Taylor Gatto's website)
Vrijschrift Free Education (Initiative to create free educational content)

OER Commons (Educational resource portal)
Wikiversity (Multi-lingual and collaboratively build portal for free courseware.) License: GNU FDL) (See also these related projects: Wikipedia, WikiNews, Wiktionary, WikiQuote, WikiSource, WikiBooks, WikiSpecies, WikiSimple, WikiTravel, WikiCompany)
Free-Reading (Instructional program that helps educators teach children literacy. License: CC Attribution-Share Alike 3.0)
MIT CS lectures (Video lectures about the "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs". License: CC Attribution-Share Alike 1.0)
Open Knowledge Foundation ("Open Data projects" development and promotion) (ml) (blog)

Merlot (Portal for 'free/gratuit' higher-education study material from several different organizations. License: see each individual document)
MIT Open Course Ware (Collection of MIT course documents. Strictly usable for non-commercial educational purposes only. License: MIT Legal Notices)
Computer networking lectures (from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Edubuntu (Ubuntu-based solution for schools) (ml)
ATutor (Web based education CMS) (svn) (forums)
Koha (Library management system) (cvs) (ml)
SchoolTool (Web based school administration tool) (ml)
Tablix (Tool to calculate and output 'sensible', HTML formatted, school timetables from a XML formated school information file)

Dokeos (PHP/MySQL based course management system) (forum)
Claroline (PHP/MySQL based system for delivering courses via the web) (cvs) (forums)
Moodle (PHP/RDBMS based system for delivering courses via the web) (cvs) (forums)
Fle3 (Zope based CLE) (cvs) (ml)
Manhattan (C/CGI based virtual classroom system) (ml)
OpenRatings (PHP based CLE) (cvs)
Whiteboard (PHP/MySQL based courseware system)
OLS ("Open Learning Support". Python/Zope based system for integrating collections of educational material (cvs)

Written language (Books, encyclopedia's, dictionaries, thesauruses)
LingoTeach (GTK+/XML based foreign language learning tool and data sets) (forum)
KVerbos (KDE based Spanish verb learning tool)
TuxReader (SDL and Festival based tools for learning to read. Inactive project.) (cvs) (ml)

PlanetMath (Collaboratively build mathmatics encyclopedia initiative. License: GNU FDL)
spotter (Web based tool to help students check their answers to math and science questions. It handles symbolic as well as numerical answers.)
WIMS (Web based interactive math games and information)
Toby (Turtle graphics language and learning environment) (cvs)
Dr. Geo (GTK+ based tool help students interactively explore geometric concepts) (cvs) (ml)
MathWar (GNOME based game to help children learn addition, subtraction, and multiplication)
Eukleides (Euclidean geometry drawing language, compiler and interactive GUI tool)

GCompris (GTK+ based game collection to help children learn how to use a mouse and keyboard) (ml) (deb)
GNU Typist (Console based touch typing tutor, with Dvorak keyboard support.) (cvs)
Tux Typing (SDL based typing tutor) (cvs) (ml)
KTouch (KDE based typing tutor) (cvs) (ml)
DvorakNG (Dvorak typing tutor)

Last update: 2007/3/1 (HTML)