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Open Source App Connects Professors, Students

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Rutgers used to use WebCT, a similar piece of course-management software, until a new version of WebCT was developed. The university considered this too expensive, however, hence the switch to Sakai, said University Director for the Office of Instructional and Research Technology Charles Hedrick.

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theboomboomcars ·
"Because Sakai is open source, the code is not as robust. We find bugs in the system, [but] we have to deal with it," Stein, the technology director, said.

The opensource software I use is more robust than the proprietary software that it replaced. Perhaps it's not as robust because it's a young program, not an opensource program.

I would like to see my school move to this software though, that would be cool, WebCT is junk.

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