Educational Software

Table of Contents

1. Educational Software Portals
2. Educational Freedom Organizations
3. Free Courseware
4. 'Free-for-non-commercial-use' Courseware
5. Educational Facility Management
6. Collaborative Learning Environments
7. Non-specific Quiz Tools
8. Language
9. Creativity & Arts
10. Logic & Math
11. Physical Training
12. Computer Skills

Educational Software Portals

• KDE Edu (Educational software portal)
  (ml project)
  (ml dev)
• GNOME Edu projects
• SourceForge
  Educational Software Projects
• FreshMeat
  Educational Software Projects
• SchoolForge (Free educational
  software index)
  (ml)
• Ofset Freeduc (Free
  educational software index)
  (cvs)
  (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)
• oss4lib
  (Initiative to help improve the quality of free software systems for
  use in libraries)
  (ml)
  (projects)
• Linux For Kids
  (Initiative to develop and promote free educational software for children)

Educational Freedom Organizations

• 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)

Free Courseware

• Wikiversity
  (Multi-lingual and collaboratively build portal for free courseware.)
  License: GNU FDL)
  (See also these related projects:
  WikiNews,
  Wiktionary,
  WikiQuote,
  WikiSource,
  WikiBooks,
  WikiSpecies,
  WikiSimple,
  WikiTravel,
  WikiCompany)

'Free-for-non-commercial-use' Courseware

• 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)

Educational Facility Management

• Koha
  (Library management system)
  (cvs)
  (ml)
• Bessie
  (PHP/MySQL based student grade management system)
• Tablix (Tool
  to calculate and output 'sensible', HTML formatted, school timetables from a XML
  formated school information file)

Collaborative Learning Environments

• Moodle (PHP/RDBMS based system for
  delivering courses via the web)
  (cvs)
  (forums)
• Claroline (PHP/MySQL based system
  for delivering courses via the web)
  (cvs)
  (forums)
• Fle3 (Zope based CLE)
  (cvs)
  (ml)
• Dokeos

  (PHP based virtual classroom system)
  (forum)

• Manhattan
  (C/CGI based virtual classroom system)
  (ml)
• OpenRatings (PHP based CLE)
  (cvs)
  (ml)
• Whiteboard (PHP/MySQL based
  courseware system)
• OpenLearn (Initiative to develop
  a solution for distance learning programs using PHP and MySQL. Inactive project.)
  (cvs)
  (ml)

Non-specific Quiz Tools

• phpTest (PHP based testing tool)
  (cvs)
  (ml)
• Questionnaire (GNOME based quiz tool)
• gQuiz (GTK+ based quiz tool)
• xQuiz (Console based quiz tool)
• MoxQuizz (IRC based quiz tool)
  (ml)

Language

• 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)
• ReciteWord
  (GTK+ based English learning tool for Chinese speaking people)

Creativity & Arts

• TuxPaint
  (Simple drawing program for young children)
  (ml)

History

Philosophy

Cooking

Logic & Math

• 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)

Physical Training

• Solfege (GNOME based ear-training tool)
  (ml)

Computer Skills

• 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)