Higher education institutions are actively looking for ways to adapt to rapidly improving technology and enable students to use advances in computing to study, collaborate, and learn in new ways. Many institutions have been using open source software to exchange knowledge more easily, ensure a better learning experience, and handle administration with fewer worries.
Universities usually have complex and unique systems. From a technological point of view, this makes it harder for universities to adopt technologies not built with their specific requirements in mind.
6 Reasons expanded upon in the article are:
* Improve hybrid and remote learning
* Ensure complete data privacy and compliance
* Provide better student experience
* Custom technology
* Automation
See https://opensource.com/article/22/1/universities-open-source-software-rocketchat
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