Open source software (OSS) has a key role to play in this situation for many reasons, including:
* Speed: OSS can roll out quickly and in large numbers (e.g., to an army of teaching assistants for multiple tutorial sessions in big lectures) without licensing issues and in a decentralized manner.
* Cost: OSS does not cost anything upfront, which is important for financially stretched schools and universities that need solutions to complex challenges on very short notice.
With everything going online, we need new ways to engage with students.
Here is a list of tools that one educator has been using at 6 open source teaching tools for virtual classrooms
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As schools and universities are shutting down around the globe due to COVID-19, many of us in academia are wondering how we can get up to speed and establish a stable workflow to get our podcasts, online lectures, and tutorials out there for our students. Open source software (OSS) has a key role to play in this situation for many reasons, including: