4–6 Apr 2025
DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Embracing FOSS in EdTech

4 Apr 2025, 11:30
30m
DA-IICT, Gandhinagar

DA-IICT, Gandhinagar

DA-IICT, DA-IICT Road, Gandhinagar 382 007, Gujarat (India)
Conference talks Main track

Speaker

Mr Vishal Arya (FOSS United Foundation)

Description

This talk will focus on why Free and Open Source Software is essential in Educational Technology, especially in the Indian context.

I will discuss the perils of proprietary software in education in terms of cost, ecosystem-locking and obviously the privacy of students' data.

I will share how FOSS acts as a solution to some of these problems and successful case studies from the ecosystem.

Primary author

Mr Vishal Arya (FOSS United Foundation)

Presentation materials